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This serial was actually an effort by William Lord Wright to dodge the sensor and was | This serial was actually an effort by William Lord Wright to dodge the sensor and was directed by William Laemmle and scripted first by Ford Beebe and then Robert Dillon. Nobody took the trouble to research the Fremont expedition and the sensors didn't even notice the violence! Art Acord starred in the film as both Arthur Standish and the Mexican. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:24, 2 November 2018
The film’s poster.
Status: Lost
Winners of the West is a lost 18 chapter film serial from 1921 that is based on the Fremont expedition in 1849.
Synopsis
Based on the Fremont expedition, this serial follows Fremont's trail and attempts to tell the story of his travels through Oklahoma, aided by a mysterious Mexican. Not much else is known about the plot - not even whether or not the characters of George Standish and the Mexican were meant to be one and the same.
Notes
This serial was actually an effort by William Lord Wright to dodge the sensor and was directed by William Laemmle and scripted first by Ford Beebe and then Robert Dillon. Nobody took the trouble to research the Fremont expedition and the sensors didn't even notice the violence! Art Acord starred in the film as both Arthur Standish and the Mexican.
References
- Continued next Week (book by Kalton C Lahue)
- Bound and Gagged (book by Kalton C Lahue), pages 168-169