''Ranson's Folly'' is a 1926 American silent

Western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

produced by and starring

Richard Barthelmess Richard Semler Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's '' Broken Blossoms'' (1919) and ''Way Down East'' (1920) and ...

and co-starring

Dorothy Mackaill Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a British-American actress, most active during the silent-film era and into the pre-Code era of the early 1930s. Early life Mackaill was born at 20 Newstead Street in the Dukeries, Kin ...

. It is based on a

Richard Harding Davis Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was an American journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and World War ...

novel and 1904 play, ''Ranson's Folly'', and was filmed previously in 1910 and in 1915 by Edison.

Cast

as Lt. Ranson *

as Mary Cahill *

Anders Randolf Anders Randolf (December 18, 1875 – July 2, 1930) was a Danish-American actor in American films from 1913 to 1930. Early biography Randolf was born in Viborg, Denmark on December 18, 1875. As a youth, he attended a military academy, graduate ...

as The Post Trader *

Pat Hartigan Pat Hartigan (born 1950) is an Irish former hurler who played for his local club South Liberties and at senior level for the Limerick county team in the 1970s. He is regarded as one of Limerick's greatest-ever players. Early and private l ...

as Sgt. Clancy * William Bailey as Lt. Crosby (credited as William Norton Bailey) *

Brooks Benedict Brooks Benedict (born Harold J. Mann, February 6, 1896 – January 1, 1968) was an American actor of the silent and sound film eras, when he played supporting and utility roles in over 300 films, mostly uncredited. Life He was born to Alice Ju ...

as Lt. Curtis * C. C. Smith as Col. Bolland (credited as C.C. Smith USA) *

Pauline Neff Pauline Neff (1885-1951) was an American stage and screen actress. The daughter of judge Daniel J. Neff, she was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles California. Neff married James P. Munyon, a "multi-millionaire medicine manuf ...

as Mrs. Bolland *

Billie Bennett Billie Bennett (October 23, 1874 – May 19, 1951) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1913 and 1930. She was born in Evansville, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California. Author ...

as Mrs. Truesdale * Frank Coffyn as Post Adjutant *

Hans Joby Hans Joby (3 August 1884 – 30 April 1943) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in 63 films between 1920 and 1944. He was also billed as "Captain John Peters", and often played aristocratic Prussian-types, memorably in Laurel and Hardy' ...

as Judge Advocate (credited as Capt. John S. Peters USN) * Taylor N. Duncan as Capt. Carr (credited as

Taylor Duncan Taylor McDowell "Dunc" Duncan (May 12, 1953 – January 3, 2004) was an American baseball infielder. Duncan, who was a college teammate of Leon Lee in Sacramento, was selected by the Atlanta Braves as the 10th overall pick of the 1971 Major Leag ...

) * J. C. Fowler as Col. Patten (credited as Jack Fowler) * Edward W. Bowman as Pop Henderson (credited as E. W. Borman) * Bud Pope as Abe Fisher *

Forrest Seabury Forrest Seabury (1876 - 1944) was an actor in theater and silent films. He was named Sumner Forrest Seabury by his parents. His father, also named Forrest Seabury, was a scenic artist who died in 1895. They descended from the Bishop of Connecticu ...

as Drummer * Chief Eagle Wing as Indian Pete *

Chief John Big Tree Chief John Big Tree (born Isaac Johnny John, June 2, 1877 – July 6, 1967) was a member of the Seneca Nation and an actor who appeared in 59 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Buffalo, New York and died in Onondaga Indian Reserva ...

Chief Standing Bear Standing Bear (–1908) (Ponca official orthography: Maⁿchú-Naⁿzhíⁿ/Macunajin;U.S. Indian Census Rolls, 1885 Ponca Indians of Dakota other spellings: Ma-chú-nu-zhe, Ma-chú-na-zhe or Mantcunanjin pronounced ) was a Ponca chief and Na ...

Preservation

A print of ''Ranson's Folly'' is in the

UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the film preservation, preservation, film studies, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). As a nonpro ...

.Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Ranson's Folly''
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References

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