The Land Beyond the Sunset

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The Land Beyond the Sunset
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 Flag of the United States 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

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