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Ranson’s Folly
Also known as {Ransom’s Folly}
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7322 feet
Directed by Sidney Olcott
Cast: Richard Barthelmess [Lieutenant Ranson], Dorothy Mackaill [Mary Cahill], Anders Randolf [Cahill, the post trader], Pat Hartigan [Sergeant Clancy], William Norton Bailey [Lieutenant Crosby], Brooks Benedict [Lieutenant Curtis], Colonel C.C. Smith [Colonel Boland], Pauline Neff [Mrs. Boland], Billie Bennett [Mrs. Truesdale]; Frank Coffyn [the post adjutant], Captain John S. Peters [the judge advocate], Taylor N. Duncan [Captain Carr], Jack Fowler (J.C. Fowler) [Colonel Patten], E.W. Corman (Edward W. Borman) [Pop Henderson], Bud Pope [Abe Fisher], Forrest Seabury [a drummer], Chief Eagle Wing [Indian Pete], Chief John Big Tree [Chief Standing Bear]
Inspiration Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Scenario by Lillie Hayward, from an adaptation by Lillie Hayward of the novel Ranson’s Folly by Richard Harding Davis. Technical advisor, Colonel George L. Byrum. Set design by Tec-Art Studios, Incorporated. Photographed (cinematography) by David W. Gobbett. Film cutter (edited by), Helene Warne. / Released [?] 10 or 30? May 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 January 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Katchmer-Eighty p. 22; Sweeney-Coming p. 93 : ClasIm-223 p. 49 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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