Margery Wilson and William S. Hart.     Photograph: Silent Era low-res collection.

Cast: William S. Hart [‘Draw’ Egan / William Blake], Louise Glaum [Poppy], Margery Wilson [Myrtle Buckton], Robert McKim [Arizona Joe], J.P. Lockney [Mat Buckton]

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan, from a screen story by C. Gardner Sullivan. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Art direction by Robert Brunton. Assistant director, C.S. Smith (Clifford Smith). Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). / © 25 May 1924 by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated [LP20238]. Released 15 October 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot from 29 April through 24 May 1916. Production cost $13,307.65. The film was rereleased in the USA by Tri-Stone Pictures, Incorporated, on 25 May 1924. Limbacher-Feature p. 202 mistakenly credits Thomas H. Ince with the film’s direction.

Drama: Western.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House film archive, in the Museum of Modern Art film archive, in the Newhall/William S. Hart film collection, and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives of the 1924 rerelease version].

Keywords: Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 3 April 2009.

References: Everson-American pp. 225, 247; Koszarski-Hart pp. xviii, 53-55; Lahue-Triangle p. 129; Limbacher-Feature p. 202; Weaver-Twenty p. 373 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.