''The Sergeant'' is a 1910 American silent

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film directed and produced by

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. It was written by and starred

Hobart Bosworth Hobart Van Zandt Bosworth (August 11, 1867 – December 30, 1943) was an American film actor, director, writer, and producer. Early life Bosworth was born on August 11, 1867, in Marietta, Ohio. His father was a sea captain in the Civil W ...

. The film was shot on location in what was later to become

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in California. ''The Sergeant'' was part of a group of 75 early American films found in New Zealand in 2010. The film was preserved by the

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in 2012.

Cast

* Hobart Bosworth as Sergeant Robert Adams *

Iva Shepard Iva Shepard (April 23, 1886, Cincinnati, Ohio – January 26, 1973, Arcadia, California) was an American silent film actress. Her most notable film roles were in ''The Romance of an Actor" (1914)''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p.5 ...

as Colonel Westley's Daughter *

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as Soldier * Frank Clark as Soldier *

Art Acord Arthemus Ward "Art" Acord (April 17, 1890 – January 4, 1931) was an American silent film actor and rodeo champion. After his film career ended in 1929, Acord worked in rodeo road shows and as a miner in Mexico. Early life and career Acord ...

as Indian Scout

References

External links

*
Clips from ''The Sergeant'' (1910)
at the

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