The Disciple
(1915) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart [Jim Houston], Dorothy Dalton [Mary Houston], Thelma Salter [Alice Houston], Robert McKim [Doc Hardy], Charles K. French [Sheriff ‘Birdshot’ Bivens], Jean Hersholt [extra]

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation [Kay-Bee Ince]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by S. Barret McCormick. Assistant director Clifford Smith. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). Original music score by Wedgwood Nowell. / © 1 November 1915. Released 21 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot from 27 May through 2 July 1915. Production cost $8356.12. The film was reedited, with new intertitles, and rereleased in mid-1924 by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Koszarski-Hart p. 34.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive, and the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive.

Keywords: Police: Sheriffs

Listing updated: 2 April 2004.

References: AFI-F2 n. F2.1353; Koszarski-Hart pp. xviii, xix, 34-36; Lahue-Triangle pp. 18, 137, 141; Limbacher-Feature p. 63; Slide-Aspects p. 25; Spehr-American p. 273; Tarbox-Lost p. 252.