The Aryan
(1916) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart [Steve Denton], Bessie Love [Mary Jane Garth], Louise Glaum [Trixie, ‘the firefly’], Charles K. French [‘Ivory’ Wells], Ernest Swallow [Mexican Pete], Gertrude Claire [Mrs. Denton], Herschel Mayall [Chip Emmett], Enid Bennett, Juanita Horton, Jean Hersholt, Jack Gilbert (John Gilbert) [extra]

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan, from a screen story by C. Gardner Sullivan. Production supervised by Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). / © 9 April 1916 by Triangle Film Corporation [LP10843]. © 13 April 1916 by Triangle Film Corporation [LU8062]. Released 19 March 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot from 1 November through 1 December 1915. Some location photography was taken in the Mojave Desert, California. Production cost: $13,531.67. The film was released in Spain on 26 February 1921. [?] Website-IMDb lists Hart, Reginald Barker and Clifford Smith as the directors of the film and lists the release date as 19 March 1916.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopses available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0155, and in Koszarski-Hart p. 42.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Keywords: USA: California: Mojave Desert

Listing updated: 17 December 2008.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0155; Bardèche-History pp. 61, 98b, 108-109, 110, 210; Everson-American pp. 249, 369; Fell-History pp. 91, 92, 109; Koszarski-Hart pp. xix, 42-43; Lahue-Triangle pp. 129, 137, 141, 142; Slide-FineArts p. 84; Spehr-American p. 273 : Website-IMDb.