The 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 | United States |
Language | Silent film English intertitles |
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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 Land Beyond the Sunset was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
[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