Court Martial (1928 film)
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| Directed by | George B. Seitz |
| Written by | Elmer Blaney Harris (story) Anthony Coldeway (scenario) Mort Blumenstock (titles) |
| Produced by | Harry Cohn |
| Starring | Jack Holt Betty Compson |
| Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
| Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Court Martial is a 1928 American silent film war drama film directed by George B. Seitz, starring Jack Holt, Betty Compson as Belle Starr, and Frank Austin as Abraham Lincoln, and released by Columbia Pictures.
A foreign release print of the film survives and is preserved in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was shown at the annual Cinecon Classic Film Festival in 2014.[1]
Publicity for the film stated that several sequences were shot in early Technicolor,[2] but these do not appear to have survived.
Cast
[edit]- Jack Holt as James Camden
- Betty Compson as Belle Starr
- Pat Harmon as Bull
- Doris Hill as General's Daughter
- Frank Lackteen as 'Devil' Dawson
- Frank Austin as President Abraham Lincoln
- George Cowl as General Robert Hackathorne
- Zack Williams as Negro
Preservation status
[edit]- Prints held at National Archives of Canada, Cineteca del Friuli (Gemona), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), and 16mm at Library of Congress.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Cinecon 50 Film Schedule
- ^ Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, July 14, 1928, p14
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Court-Martial
External links
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- 1928 films
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- American Civil War films
- American silent feature films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Cultural depictions of Belle Starr
- Depictions of Abraham Lincoln on film
- Films directed by George B. Seitz
- Military courtroom films
- Silent films in color
- 1920s color films
- 1928 drama films
- 1920s American films
- Silent American drama films
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