The Testing Block
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5972 feet
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Cast: William S. Hart [‘Sierra’ Bill], Eva Novak [Nelly Gray], Gordon Russell [Ringe], Florence Carpenter [Rosita], Richard Headrick [Sonny], Ira McFadden [Slim]
[?] The William S. Hart Company or William S. Hart Productions? production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [Paramount-Artcraft Pictures]. / Scenario by Lambert Hillyer, from a screen story by William S. Hart. Art direction by J.C. Hoffner. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). Edited by LeRoy Stone. / © 28 November 1920 by The William S. Hart Company [LP15797]. Released 26 December 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4399.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; in the Museum of Modern Art film archive; in the George Eastman Museum film archive; and in the William S. Hart film collection.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 3 April 2009.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4399; Everson-American pp. 132-133, 249; Koszarski-Hart pp. xviii, xix, xxi, 126-128; Leish-Cinema p. 29; Shipman-Cinema p. 70; Sweeney-Coming p. 14; Vermilye-Twenties p. 129 : Website-AFI.
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