In the Days of Buffalo Bill
| In the Days of Buffalo Bill | |
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 Cover of Universal Weekly (July 15, 1922) | |
| Directed by | Edward Laemmle |
| Written by | Robert Dillon |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Art Acord Duke R. Lee |
| Cinematography | Herbert Kirkpatrick Howard Oswald |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 18 episodes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
In the Days of Buffalo Bill is a 1922 American silent Western film serial directed by Edward Laemmle. The film, which consisted of 18 episodes, is currently classified as lost.[1]
Cast
- Art Acord as Art Taylor
- Duke R. Lee as Buffalo Bill Cody
- George A. Williams as Calvert Carter
- Jay Morley as Lambert Ashley
- Otto Nelson as Alden Carter
- Pat Harmon as Gaspard
- Jim Corey as Quantrell
- Burton Law as Allen Pinkerton (as Burton C. Law)
- William De Vaull as Edwin M. Stanton (as William P. Devaull)
- Joel Day as Abraham Lincoln[a]
- J. Herbert Frank as Abraham Lincoln[a]
- Clark Comstock as Thomas C. Durant
- Charles Colby as William H. Seward
- Joseph Hazelton as Gideon Welles (as Joe Hazleton)
- John W. Morris as Gen. U. S. Grant[a]
- Lafe McKee as Gen. Robert E. Lee (as Lafayette McKee)
- G.B. Philips as Montgomery Blair
- Tex Driscoll as Gen. U.S. Grant[a] (as John W. Morris)
- Harry Myers as Andrew Johnson (as Henry Myers)
- Ruth Royce as Aimee Lenard
- Chief Lightheart as Sitting Bull
- William Knight as Jack Casement
- Elsie Greeson as Louise Frederici
- Buck Connors as Hank Tabor
- Millard K. Wilson as Tim O'Mara (as M.K. Wilson)
- William F. Moran as John Wilkes Booth (as William Moran)
- Silver Tip Baker as Gen. Grenville M. Dodge (as Silvertip Baker)
- Charles Newton as Maj. North
- Alfred Hollingsworth as Chief Justice Chase
- Lester Cuneo
- Marion Feducha as Andrew Johnson as a boy
- Helen Farnum (uncredited)
- Joe Miller (uncredited)
- Dorothy Wood (uncredited)
Litigation over name "Buffalo Bill"
The corporation founded by William F. Cody, the actual Buffalo Bill, and two partners in 1913, which made a film of his wild west exploits, The Adventures of Buffalo Bill (1917), brought a suit in federal court in Colorado seeking an injunction to prevent the 1922 film serial from using the name "Buffalo Bill" and his likeness in any advertising.[2] Applying the law of unfair competition, the court dismissed the suit noting that the name, which at best had only a common law trademark, had acquired a secondary meaning regarding the American West which had lost its exclusivity from being used in several plays without challenge, and that the theater-going public could readily distinguish between the films.[3]
Chapter titles
- Bonds of Steel
- In the Enemy's Hands
- The Spy
- The Sword of Grant and Lee
- The Man of the Ages
- Prisoners of the Sioux
- Shackles of Fate
- The Last Shot
- From Tailor to President
- Empire Builders
- Perils of the Plains
- The Hand of Justice
- Trails of Peril
- The Scarlet Doom
- Men of Steel
- The Brink of Eternity
- A Race to the Finish
- Driving the Golden Spike
See also
References
- Notes
- Citations
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: In the Days of Buffalo Bill". silentera.com. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ Col. W.F. Cody Historical Picture Co. v. Colonial Amusement Co., 284 F. 873 (D. Colo. 1922).
- ^ "Right to Use Name "Buffalo Bill" to Advertise Motion Picture Not Exclusive". Mississippi Law Review. 1 (5). University of Mississippi: Blackstone Law Club: 94. April 1923. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
External links
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill at IMDb
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill at silentera.com