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Bradford’s Claim
(1910) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 730 feet
Directed by Edwin S. Porter
Cast: J. Barney Sherry, Don Fulano the horse
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Scenario by Edwin S. Porter, from a story by Bret Harte. / © 29 March 1910 by Edison Manufacturing Company [J140172, J140173, J140174, J140175]. Released 29 March 1910; in a split-reel with The Capture of the Burglar (1910). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 26 March 1910, page 471] An intensely dramatic story in which Don Fulano, the world’s greatest living educated horse, performs feats of almost human intelligence. A thrilling climax is reached in this story when the heroine, surrounded on all sides by pursuing desperadoes, finds herself near the edge of a cliff twenty feet above the river. Hesitating but a moment she urges her horse to the leap, which he takes in magnificent style, horse and rider plunging into the stream and gaining the opposite shore to the chagrin of their pursuers. The leap of the horse in this scene was a most daring piece of work, both narrowly escaping injury through a portion of the bank giving way beneath the horse’s hoofs as he was about to spring from the cliff.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 9 April 1910, page 554] Perhaps the most interesting portion of this film is the work of Don Fulano, the educated horse. While the drama of the story is good and well acted, the interest which centers around this horse will probably surpass that of the rest of the picture. It is photographed with the skill which usually goes with the Edison pictures, and in a film of this type that helps greatly.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 April 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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