The Last of the Mohicans (1920 film)

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The Last of the Mohicans
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Clarence Brown
Produced by Maurice Tourneur
Written by Robert A. Dillon
James Fenimore Cooper (novel)
Starring Wallace Beery
Barbara Bedford
Alan Roscoe
Lillian Hall
Music by Arthur Kay
Cinematography Philip R. Dubois
Charles Van Enger
Distributed by Associated Producers, Inc.
Release date(s) November 21, 1920
Running time 6 reels
Country Flag of United States United States
Language English
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The Last of the Mohicans is a 1920 film version of James Fenimore Cooper's novel with the same name. It tells the story of two English girls, trying to reach the fort where their father is commander, suffering danger in the frontier of the American colonies. It stars Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall, Henry Woodward, James Gordon, George Hackathorne, Nelson McDowell, Harry Lorraine, Theodore Lorch and Chief Tahachee.

The movie was adapted by Robert Dillon and directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur.

There were other versions in 1911, 1932, 1936, 1977 and 1992, and a television miniseries in 1971. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

[edit] Cast

  • Wallace Beery - Magua
  • Barbara Bedford- Cora Munro
  • Lillian Hall - Alice Munro
  • Albert Roscoe - Uncas
  • Harry Lorraine - Hawkeye
  • Henry Woodward - Major Heyward
  • James Gordon - Colonel Munro
  • George Hackathorne - Captain Randolph
  • Nelson McDowell - David Gamut
  • Theodore Lerch - Chingachgook
  • Jack F. McDonald - Tamenund
  • Sydney Deane - General Webb

[edit] External Links

Watch the film at Google Video


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