''Colonel Custard's Last Stand'' is a 1914 one-reel

silent movie ''Silent Movie'' is a 1976 American satirical comedy film co-written, directed by and starring Mel Brooks, released by 20th Century Fox in the summer of 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, and Sid Cae ...

comedy about

Custer's Last Stand The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Nort ...

and starred

Lloyd Hamilton Lloyd Vernon Hamilton (August 19, 1891 – January 19, 1935) was an American film comedian, best remembered for his work in the silent era. Career Having begun his career as an extra in theatre-productions, Hamilton first appeared on film in ...

as Colonel Custard and featured

Betty Burbridge Elizabeth Burbridge (December 7, 1895 – September 19, 1987) was an American screenwriter and actress, best known for her Western screenplays. Biography Elizabeth Burbridge was born in San Diego, California on December 7, 1895, the grandd ...

, James Douglass, Harry Russell and

Mai Wells Mai Wells (14 April 1863 – 1 August 1941), also billed as May Wells and Mae Wells, was an American actress whose career spanned eight decades. A prolific actress of the silent era, she worked with Charlie Chaplin, made at least two films w ...

. The film was directed by

Richard Garrick Richard Garrick (December 27, 1878 – August 21, 1962) was an Irish-born American actor and director. Life and career Garrick was born Richard Thomas O'Brien in the townland of Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland. His father, James E. O'Brien ...

and was released on 19 March 1914. The slapstick comedy was made by the

St. Louis Motion Picture Company St. Louis Motion Picture Company was a film production company during the silent film era. It advertised its debut films ''A Gypsy's Love'' and ''Algernon's Busy Day'' in 1912. In 1913 the company established itself in Santa Paula, California, Sa ...

and the

Frontier Motion Picture Company A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts ...

. It was distributed by

Universal Film Manufacturing Company Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Americ ...

Synopsis

While trying to break up his daughter's romance Colonel Custard unknowingly puts an Indian tribe on the warpath led by Chief Standing Cowski.Balducci, Anthon
''Lloyd Hamilton: Poor Boy Comedian of Silent Cinema''
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (2009), Google Books, pg. 202Brian W. Dippie, Brian W.
''Custer's Last Stand: The Anatomy of an American Myth''
University of Nebraska Press (1994), Google Books pg. 59

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* 1914 films American Indian Wars films American silent short films American black-and-white films 1914 comedy films Silent American comedy films 1914 short films Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer Universal Pictures short films Films about Native Americans American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub