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A Temporary Truce
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast: Blanche Sweet, Claire McDowell, Charles H. West, W. Chrystie Miller, Alfred Paget, Walter Christy Cabanne (William Christy Cabanne), Robert Harron, Charles Hill Mailes (Charles H. Mailes), Charles Gorman

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 10 June 1912 by Biograph Company. Released 10 June 1912. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / The production was shot on-location in southern California. The film has main titles.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: Two men stop their attempts to kill each other to fight attacking native americans.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Abductions - Alcohol - Ambushes - Animals: Horses - Attacks - Cabins - Children - Death: Murder - Families: Husband-wife relationships - Gunfights - Handwriting - Letters - Mexicans - Native Americans: Tribal chiefs - Picks - Pony Express - Prospectors - Rescues - Saloons - Teepees - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Truces - Vengeance - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 4 February 2015.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Barry-Griffith p. 43; Drew-Speaking p. 285; Niver-First pp. 159-160; Spehr-American p. 3.

Home video: DVD.

 
 
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