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The Soul Herder
Newspaper advertisement
Directed by John Ford
Written by George Hively
Starring Harry Carey
CinematographyBen F. Reynolds
Production
company
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date
  • August 3, 1917 (1917-08-03)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Soul Herder is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by John Ford, and featuring Harry Carey. The film is presumed to be lost. [1] The film was premiered in Dayton, Ohio, on August 3, 1917. [2]

Cast

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Soul Herder was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors ordered cut scenes showing the shooting of a clergyman, a man muffling a girl in a bedroom, killing a man outside a house, and the closeup of a dead man. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Soul Herder". Silent Era. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  2. ^ The Dayton Herald, August 3, 1917, p. 25 (subscription needed).
  3. ^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 5 (8). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 33. August 18, 1917. Retrieved December 4, 2014.

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