Days of ’49
AKA California in ’49 in the USA
(1924) American
B&W : Serial / 15 episodes
Directed by Jacques Jaccard, Jay Marchant and Ben Wilson (Sr.)

Cast: Neva Gerber [Sierra Sutter], Edmund Cobb [Cal Coleman], Charles Brinley [John Sutter], Wilbur McGaugh [Marsdon], Ruth Royce [Arabella Ryan], Clark B. Coffey [Judge William T. Coleman], Al Hoxie [Indian chief], Yakima Canutt, Elias Bullock

Wild West Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Arrow Film Corporation. / Produced by Ben Wilson (Sr.). Scenario by Karl R. Coolidge. / 15 episodes: [1] “Soldiers of Fortune,” released 15 March 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The serial was edited to six reels and rereleased as a feature film in 1925 as California in ’49.

Drama: Western.

Survival Status: Prints exist (of the feature version) in an unidentified location [16mm reduction positive], and in the UCLA Film & Television Archive film archive [unidentified episode, 35mm positive].

Keywords: Law: Judges - Native Americans - Serials

Listing updated: 23 September 2004.

References: Lahue-Continued pp. 239-240, 284; Limbacher-Feature p. 36 : ClasIm-278 p. 10 : Website-IMDb.