''The Kentuckian'' is a 1908
short silent black-and-white
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Media
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Western
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Places
*Western, Nebraska, a village in the US
*Western, New York, a town in the US
*Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
*Western world, countries that id ...
film directed by
Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. and starring
Edward Dillon,
Florence Auer
Florence Auer (March 3, 1880 – May 14, 1962) was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.
Life and career
Born in Albany, New York, Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn ...
and
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
. It is about an intermarriage between
Indians and
white people
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. The film provides a type of Indian hero.
Cast
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Edward Dillon as Ward Fatherly
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Florence Auer
Florence Auer (March 3, 1880 – May 14, 1962) was an American theater and motion picture actress whose career spanned more than five decades.
Life and career
Born in Albany, New York, Auer began her career on East Coast stages at the turn ...
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D. W. Griffith as Card Sharp
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George Gebhardt
George Gebhardt (September 21, 1879 – May 2, 1919) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1908 and 1922. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and died in Edendale, Los Angeles from tuberculosis.
Selecte ...
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Harry Solter
Henry Lewis "Harry" Solter (November 19, 1873 – March 2, 1920) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter and director.
Career
Solter began his career as an actor in 1908 with Biograph Studios. That same year he met actress Florenc ...
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Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
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Anthony O'Sullivan
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John G. Adolfi
* Wallace McCutcheon Jr.
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Robert G. Vignola
Robert G. Vignola (born Rocco Giuseppe Vignola, August 7, 1882 – October 25, 1953) was an Italian-American actor, screenwriter, and film director. A former stage actor, he appeared in many motion pictures produced by Kalem Company and later mov ...
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1908 films
1908 Western (genre) films
1908 short films
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
Biograph Company films
Films directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr.
Films shot in New Jersey
Films with screenplays by Stanner E.V. Taylor
Silent American Western (genre) films
1900s American films
1900s English-language films
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