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Shadows of the West
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Paul Hurst
Cast: Lieutenant Pat O’Brien [Jim Kern], Hedda Nova [Mary], Virginia Dale [Lucy Norton], Seymour Zeliff [Frank Akuri], Benjamin Corbett [Jim’s pal]
Cinema Craft Corporation production; distributed by National Exchanges. / Scenario by James Dayton, from a screen story by Seymour Zeliff. Production supervision by Charles Hickman. / No copyright registration. Released [?] November? 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was acquired by Motion Picture Producing Company of America and the film was rereleased in the USA in August 1921, with the length reduced to five reels, removing the anti-Japanese propaganda and leaving the traditional western storyline.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate negative, 35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative (five reel version)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Japanese-Americans - Racism - Soldiers - USA: California - Xenophobia
Listing updated: 6 December 2023.
References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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