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A Child of the West
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Gilbert M. Anderson?

Cast: Harry Todd [Jim Riley], Eugenia Clinchard [Jim Riley’s child], Arthur Mackley [the sheriff], Augustus Carney [a rancher], Gilbert M. Anderson, Willis Elder, Pat Rooney (Patrick Rooney), Victor Potel, Kite Robinson, Fred Church, Louis Morisette

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 6 January 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 May 2012.

References: MovPicWorld-19120106 p. 3.