Land Beyond the Sunset
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The Land Beyond the Sunset | |
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Directed by | Harold M. Shaw |
Written by | Dorothy G. Shore |
Starring | Martin Fuller Mrs. William Bechtel Walter Edwin Bigelow Cooper |
Release date(s) | 1912 |
Running time | 14 minutes @ 19 fps |
Country | US |
Language | Silent film |
IMDb profile |
The Land Beyond the Sunset is a 1912 short film which tells the story of a young boy, oppressed by his grandmother, who goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group. It stars Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin and Bigelow Cooper.
The movie was written by Dorothy G. Shore and directed by Harold M. Shaw. In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
[edit] Cast (in credits order)
- Martin Fuller ... Joe, the Newsboy
- Mrs. William Bechtel ... Joe's Grandmother
- Walter Edwin ... Manager of the Fresh Air Fund
- Ethel Jewett ... Committee Woman
- Elizabeth Miller ... Committee Woman
- Gladys Du Pell ... Committee Woman
- Margery Bonney Erskine ... Committee Woman (as Mrs. Wallace Erskine)
- Bigelow Cooper ... The Minister