War on the Plains, also called Across the Plains, is a 1912 American short silent 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.War on the Plains at silentera.com
This short is referred to as Across the Plains in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of Silent Films.Pictorial History of Silent Films, p.21 c.1953 by Daniel Blum Several other films with this title were released before and after this short was initially distributed.
Cast Francis Ford as Drake, a Treacherous Prospector Ethel Grandin as Ethel, the Wagon Captain's Daughter Ray Myers as A Young Emigrant Howard Davies as A Prospector William Eagle Shirt as Indian J. Barney Sherry as Frontiersman Art Acord as Frontiersman Clayton Monroe Teters as Indian (unbilled)
Preservation status This film is preserved in the UCLA Film & TV archive.
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