Branding Broadway is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by and starring William S. Hart, written by C. Gardner Sullivan, and produced by Thomas H. Ince and Hart.[1]
| Branding Broadway | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | William S. Hart |
| Written by | C. Gardner Sullivan |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince William S. Hart |
| Starring | William S. Hart Seena Owen Arthur Shirley |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
Production company | William S. Hart Productions |
| Distributed by | Artcraft Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
editA tough cowboy, Robert Sands (played by William S. Hart) is banished from an Arizona town for his drunk and disorderly comment. He moves to New York and gets a job as bodyguard and guardian to a wealthy and spoiled young man. He falls in love with a restaurant owner (played by Seena Owen) who has compromising letters from the young man Sands is charged with protecting.
Cast
edit| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| William S. Hart | Robert Sands |
| Seena Owen | Mary Lee |
| Arthur Shirley | Larry Harrington |
| Andrew Robson | Harrington Sr |
| Lew Short | Dick Horn (as Lewis W. Short) |
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Reception
editLike many American films of the time, Branding Broadway was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, in Reel 1, that four scenes of Sands and his gang shooting up town be reduced by half, and cuts of three cafe fight scenes and, in Reel 5, all but the first and last scenes of the attack on the young woman.[2]
Preservation status
editThe film is preserved in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA for short) collection in New York.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Branding Broadway
- ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (26). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 42. December 21, 1918.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Branding Broadway
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Branding Broadway at silentera.com
External links
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- Branding Broadway at IMDb
- Branding Broadway at AllMovie
- Lobby poster (Caratulan)
