On the Night Stage
(1915) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Reginald Barker

Cast: William S. Hart [‘Silent’ Texas Smith], Robert Edeson [Alexander Austin], Rhea Mitchell [Belle Shields], Herschel Mayall [‘Handsome’ Jack Malone], Gladys Brockwell [saloon girl], Jack Hamilton (Shorty Hamilton) [cowboy]

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Master Pictures]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan + [Thomas H. Ince]. Cinematography by Robert Newhard. / © 4 December 1923 by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated. Released 15 April 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot 6 August through 2 September 1914. The film was rereleased in the USA by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated, on 4 December 1923. [?] Website-IMDb lists the film’s release date as 25 April 1915; Koszarski-Hart p. 7 as 15 April 1915.

Drama: Western.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive, in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive, in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive, and in the Newhall/William S. Hart film collection.

Listing updated: 24 June 2009.

References: Film credits : Everson-American pp. 244-245; FilmDaily-1926 p. 22; Koszarski-Hart pp. xii, 7-9; Lahue-Triangle p. 136; Limbacher-Feature p. 178; Tarbox-Lost p. 247 : Website-IMDb.