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Winners of the Wilderness

Director: W. S. Van Dyke (Dir) Release Date: 15 Jan 1927 Duration (in feet): 6,343 Duration (in reels): 7			Print this page Display Movie Summary

Cast:	Tim McCoy	(Colonel O'Hara)
	Joan Crawford	(Renée Contrecoeur)
	Edward Connelly	(General Contrecoeur)
	Roy D'Arcy	(Captain Dumas)
	Louise Lorraine	(Mimi)
	Edward Hearn	(George Washington)
	Tom O'Brien	(Timothy)
	Will R. Walling	(General Braddock)
	Frank Currier	(Governor de Vaudreuil)
	Lionel Belmore	(Governor Dinwiddie)
	Chief Big Tree	(Pontiac)

Summary:

Colonel O'Hara, "dashing young officer of Braddock's staff is aided to escape from the French by daughter of commandant whom he worships. When the positions are reversed and she is his prisoner of war she willingly consents to become his prisoner for life." (from MPN Booking Guide 12 Apr 1927.) "The costumes of the period offer a pleasing contrast to the interesting sequences ... in which are seen such historical figures as Washington and Braddock. The latter's disastrous defeat is the film's highlight and it is carried out with realism." (from MPN 8 Apr 1927)

Production Company:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.	(Loew's Inc.)
Distribution Company:	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.
Director:	W. S. Van Dyke	(Dir)
Writer:	Josephine Chippo	(Cont)
	Marian Ainslee	(Titles)
Photography:	Clyde De Vinna	(Dir of photog)
Film Editor:	Conrad A. Nervig	(Film ed)
Set Decoration:	David Townsend	(Settings)
Costumes:	Lucia Coulter	(Ward)
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Copyright Claimant	Copyright Date	Copyright Number
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.	24/1/1927 dd/mm/yyyy	LP23585

Physical Properties:	b&w with col seq:	Technicolor
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Genre:	Drama
Sub-Genre:	Historical

Subjects (Major):	Edward Braddock
	Robert Dinwiddie
	Pontiac
	George Washington
	United States--History--French and Indian War, 1755-1763

Note:

Bibliographic Sources:	Date	Page
Film Daily	3 Apr 1927.
MPN	8 Apr 1927	p. 1276.
MPN Booking Guide	12 Apr 1927	p. 65.
Variety	23 Mar 27	p. 19.

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