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Days of ’49
Also known as California in ’49 in the USA
(1924) American
B&W : Serial / 30 reels
Directed by Jacques Jaccard, Jay Marchant and Ben F. 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 F. Wilson (Sr.). Scenario by Ben F. Wilson (Sr.), from a screen story by Karl R. Coolidge. / 15 episodes (two reels each): [1] “Soldiers of Fortune,” released 15 March 1924; [2] “Red Men and White,” released 22 March 1924; [3] “A Night of Terror,” released 29 March 1924; [4] “The Empire Builders,” released 5 April 1924; [5] “A Web of Lies,” released 12 April 1924; [6] “Demetroff’s Vow,” released 19 April 1924; [7] “Facing Death,” released 26 April 1924; [8] “Under the Bear Flag,” released 3 May 1924; [9] “A Ride of Peril,” released 10 May 1924; [10] “Yellow Metal and Blue Blood,” released 17 May 1924; [11] “Gold Madness,” released 24 May 1924; [12] “Crimson Nights,” released 31 May 1924; [13] “Vigilante’s Justice,” released 7 June 1924; [14] “For Life and Love,” released 14 June 1924; [15] “Trail’s End,” released 21 June 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 and Television Archive film archive [unidentified episode, 35mm positive].

Keywords: Law: Judges - Native Americans - Serials

Listing updated: 25 August 2009.

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