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The Primal Lure
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart [Angus McConnell], Margery Wilson [Lois Le Moyne], Robert McKim [Richard Sylvester], Jerome Storm [Pierre Vernaisse], Joe Goodboy [indian chief]

Triangle Film Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Scenario by J.G. Hawks, from a screen story by Vingie E. Roe. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). / Released 21 May 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot from 6 December 1915 through 2 February 1916, at a production cost of $18,968.55.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Forts - Native Americans

Listing updated: 12 January 2012.

References: Koszarski-Hart pp. xix, 44-45; Weaver-Twenty p. 373.