War on the Plains (1912)
20m
Running Time
February 23, 1912Release Date
Plot.
The emigrants are seen fighting the hordes of redskins. The hero rides to the settlement for help and engages in a thrilling duel with pursuing Indians. The settlers swoop down on the unprotected Indian village and burn it up. The savages seeing the flames, hurry back and fall into an ambush. They are attacked from the rear by the emigrants and from the front by the settlers. In a wild scene of carnage the surprised Indians are mowed down by the hail of bullets, horses and riders falling in tangled masses.
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Cast & Crew.
Francis Ford
Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
Ethel Grandin
Ethel, the Wagon Captain's Daughter
Ray Myers
A Young Emigrant / Writer
Howard Davies
A Prospector
William Eagle Shirt
An Indian / Writer
J. Barney Sherry
A Frontiersman
Art Acord
A Frontiersman
Tilly Baldwin
Cowgirl
Clayton Monroe Teters
Indian (uncredited)
Thomas H. Ince
Director / Writer
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War on the Plains, also called Across the Plains, is a 1912 American silent short Western film directed by Thomas H. Ince and starring Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin and Ray Myers. It was produced by Bison Motion Pictures, a subsidiary of the New York Motion Picture Company. The film was made at Inceville, Santa Ynez, California.This short is referred to as Across the Plains in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of Silent Films. Several other films with this title were released before and after this short was initially distributed.