The Scarlet West

The Scarlet West is a 1925 American silent historical drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Robert Frazer and Clara Bow. It was distributed by the First National company.^[1][2]

The Scarlet West
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Directed by	John G. Adolfi
Written by	Anthony Paul Kelly
Based on	"The Scarlet West" by A. B. Heath
Produced by	Frank J. Carroll
Starring	Robert Frazer Clara Bow
Cinematography	George Benoit Benjamin Kline Victor Shuler F. L. Hoefler
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	June 26, 1925 (1925-06-26)
Running time	9 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

This was an ambitious silent film made by an independent producer about George Armstrong Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. It was filmed on location at Dolores, Colorado.

Plot

Cast

• Robert Frazer as Cardelanche
• Clara Bow as Miriam
• Robert Edeson as General Kinnard
• Johnnie Walker as Lt. Parkman
• Walter McGrail as Lt. Harper
• Gaston Glass as Capt. Howard
• Helen Ferguson as Nestina
• Ruth Stonehouse as Mrs. Custer
• Martha Francis as Harriett Kinnard
• Florence Crawford as Mrs. Harper
• Jacqueline Frazer as Child
• Maude Bash Haefler as Wife
• Jack House as Indian Scout
• Frank W. Pyle as Scout

Preservation

There are no prints of The Scarlet West surviving, which makes it a lost film.^[3][4] A trailer survives at the Library of Congress.^[5] Some of the still photography from the production survives and is used in a documentary on local cinematographer Victor Shuler, who was one of four cameramen on the production.^[6]

See also

• General Custer at the Little Big Horn (1926)
• They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
• Little Big Man (1970)