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Alphonse and Gaston, No. 3 (American Mutoscope & Biograph) The Cowboy and the Lady (American Mutoscope & Biograph) The Great Train Robbery (Edison) Kit Carson (American Mutoscope & Biograph) The Pioneers (American Mutoscope & Biograph) Prairie Emigrant Train Crossing the Plains (Lubin Manufacturing Company) Stage Hold-Up (Selig Polyscope Company)
Films explicitly set primarily or partially in the historic American frontier, a North American time period spanning approximately from the mid-1860s to the early 1910s. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
early-to-mid-14th century: Norway: About a noblewoman with an arranged marriage who falls in love with someone else. Kings of the Sun: 1963: 1300s: Mexico: On the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, the Native American tribe of chief Black Eagle clashes with the Mayan tribe of King Balam Outlaw King: 2018: 1304–1307: Scotland
The Pioneers is an American silent film and one of the earliest Westerns, [3] having been released by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in October 1903. It incorporates part of the footage from Kit Carson , another Western short also released by Biograph in October 1903.
Edwin Stanton Porter (April 21, 1870 – April 30, 1941) was an American film pioneer, most famous as a producer, director, studio manager and cinematographer with the Edison Manufacturing Company and the Famous Players Film Company.
The Birth of a Nation was the first movie shown in the White House, in the East Room, on February 18, 1915. [59] An earlier movie, the Italian Cabiria (1914), was shown on the lawn. It was attended by President Woodrow Wilson, members of his family, and members of his Cabinet. [60] Both Dixon and Griffith were present.
Various figures in American folklore and literature typify the pioneer. The Deerslayer was the most successful of an early series, the Leatherstocking Tales , about pioneer life in New York. Little House on the Prairie , a century later, typified a later series of novels describing a pioneer family.
The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws, subtitled Picturization of Early Days in Oklahoma, is a 1915 American silent Western film produced by the Eagle Film Company. It depicts the end of the outlaw gangs which operated freely during the closing days of the Twin Territories (Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory).