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Directed by
  
John G. Adolfi

Release date
  
July 26, 1925

Initial release
  
26 July 1925

Distributed by
  
First National Pictures

Produced by
  
Frank J. Carroll

Running time
  
9 reels

Director
  
John G. Adolfi

Cast
  
Clara Bow, Robert Frazer

Based on
  
short story The Scarlet West by A. B. Heath

Starring
  
Robert Frazer Clara Bow

Cinematography
  
Benjamin H. Kline, Georges BenoƮt

Similar
  
The Stationmaster, The Rag Man, The Lawful Cheater, The Best Bad Man, My Lady's Lips

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The Scarlet West is a 1925 silent film historical drama directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Robert Frazer and Clara Bow. It was distributed by the First National company.

Contents

This was an ambitious silent film made by an independent producer, about George Custer and the battle at Little Big Horn. It was filmed on location at Dolores, Colorado.

Cast

  • Robert Frazer - Cardelanche
  • Clara Bow - Miriam
  • Robert Edeson - General Kinnard
  • Johnnie Walker - Lt. Parkman
  • Walter McGrail - Lt. Harper
  • Gaston Glass - Capt. Howard
  • Helen Ferguson - Nestina
  • Ruth Stonehouse - Mrs. Custer
  • Martha Francis - Harriett Kinnard
  • Florence Crawford - Mrs. Harper
  • Preservation status

    There are no prints of the film surviving which makes it a lost film. A trailer survives at the Library of Congress. Some of the still photography from the production survives and is used in a documentary on local cinematographer Victor Shuler who was one of four cameramen on the production.

    References

    The Scarlet West Wikipedia