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Director
  
John Ford

Cinematography
  
Ben F. Reynolds

Duration
  

3.4/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Western

Cast
  
Harry Carey

Country
  
United States

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Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
April 22, 1918 (1918-04-22)

Writer
  
John Ford (story), George Hively (scenario)

Genres
  
Western, Silent film, Indie film, Black-and-white

Similar movies
  
John Ford directed The Scarlet Drop and Hell Bent

The Scarlet Drop is a 1918 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. Just over 30 minutes of footage of the film now survives in the Getty Images Archive.

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, "Kaintuck" Ridge (Carey), refused admission to the local militia to fight on the side of Union in the American Civil War, joins a gang of marauders and at the end of the conflict finds himself a fugitive with a price on his head. He goes west and becomes a bandit. Marley Calvert (Pegg), who kept Kaintuck out of the army, also goes west and takes up mining. Betty Calvert (Schade) is taken captive when Kaintuck holds up a stage coach. His hatred for the Calverts is overcome by his admiration for Molly (Malone) and later, when her honor is attacked by a former suitor, he defends her and wins her love.

Cast

  • Harry Carey as "Kaintuck" Harry Ridge
  • Molly Malone as Molly Calvert
  • Vester Pegg as Marley Calvert
  • Betty Schade as Betty Calvert
  • Millard K. Wilson as Graham Lyons (credited as M.K. Wilson)
  • Martha Mattox as Mammy
  • Steve Clemente as Buck (credited as Steve Clemento)
  • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, The Scarlet Drop was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit for the film and cut, in Reel 2, the shooting of man standing in church yard, Reel 3, placing tree in road, all scenes of coach holdup except where young woman and bandit are conversing, two scenes of outlaws taking spoils from passengers, Reel 5, three fight scenes were man presses knife towards opponent, two scenes of men throwing knives, and man shooting Ridge.

    References

    The Scarlet Drop Wikipedia
    The Scarlet Drop IMDb