The Narrow Trail
(1917) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lambert Hillyer

Cast: William S. Hart [‘Ice’ Harding], Sylvia Bremer (Sylvia Breamer) [Betty Werdin], Milton Ross [‘Admiral’ Bates], Robert Kortman [‘Moose’ Halloran], Fritz the horse [‘The King’]

William S. Hart Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Artcraft Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Harvey F. Thew, from a screen story by William S. Hart. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by Joe August. Presented by Thomas H. Ince. / © 3 October 1917 by William S. Hart Productions, Incorporated [LP11495]. Released 30 December 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Fritz the horse’s final film.

Drama: Western.

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

Keywords: Animals: Horses

Listing updated: 24 April 2008.

References: Everson-American pp. 249, 369; Koszarski-Hart pp. x, xviii, xx, 74-76; Lee-Not p. 73; Limbacher-Feature p. 170; Sinyard-Silent p. 56 : Website-AFI.