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Custer's Last Fight (The Climax)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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One of the bloodiest battles in American history is recreated in this Iong-lost silent epic! Custer's Last Fight is the first fiIm to tell the story of GeneraI George Custer and the BattIe of LittIe Bighorn. A cast of hundreds was utilized, incIuding reaI Native Americans pulled from Sioux reservations. lt was first released in 1912 in a 30-minute version as Custer's Last Raid. In 1925, to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of LittIe Bighorn, the film was reissued and expanded to feature length. This was accomplished by creating new intertitIes and Iengthening the battIe sequences. The fiIm was directed by Francis Ford, who also stars as Custer. Ford was the brother of legendary filmmaker John Ford, and acted in severaI of his brother's movies, incIuding Young Mr. LincoIn (1939) and The Quiet Man (1952). A unique piece of early cinematic history, Custer's Last Fight is important to the development of both the Western and the historical drama.
BONUS: The Driver of the Deadwood Coach(1912):A young boy foils outlaw "Bad BiII" from stealing a goId shipment in this classic Western short. |
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