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The Ruse
Also known as [Square Deal Man], [A Square Deal]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart [‘Bat’ Peters], Clara Williams [May Dawson], Jack Davidson [John Folsom], Fanny Midgley [Mrs. Dawson], Gertrude Claire [Mother Grady]; Robert Kortman, Jack Hamilton (Shorty Hamilton)

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Broncho]. / Scenario by A.P. Johnson and Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by Robert Doeran. / © 1915 by Broncho Motion Picture Company. Released 14 July 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on-location in Edenville, California, between 8-20 April 1915. The film survives as a 16mm reduction print, optically enlarged (full-frame) back to 35mm for an archival preservation print.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; the Museum of Modern Art film archive; in the Film Preservation Associates film collection (Blackhawk Films collection); and in private film collections.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 February 2016.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Koszarski-Hart pp. 27, 28; Leyda-Before pp. 10, 83, 156 : ClasIm-221 p. 33.

Home video: DVD.

 
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