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God's Country and the Law

Item number (ISN):

17097

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1921

Item number (ISN):

17097

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, THE

Accession:

1972-0102

Media:

Film

Original title:

God's Country and the Law

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1921

Release date:

1921-07-01

Production company:

Pine Tree Pictures Inc.

Production credit:

director, Sidney Olcott; scenario, Harry O. Hoyt; photography, Lucien Tainguy; art director, Edward Venturini; assistant director, Jack Bedell; stills, Herman O. Langley

Cast credit:

Fred C. Jones, Gladys Leslie, William H. Tooker, Cesare Gravina, Hope Sutherland

Distributor name:

Arrow Film Corporation

Description:

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A north woods melodrama. Jacques Doré (William H. Tooker), a villainous whisky trader, narrowly escapes capture by Royal North-West Mounted Police constables Williams and Hamilton, briefly resorting to the use of a stolen automobile, but loses his horses and wagon and its load of whisky. ‘Poleon (Cesare Gravina) and his part French, part Indian, daughter Oachi (Hope Sutherland) live a carefree existence in the north woods.~Doré is injured in a storm before he comes on their cabin. Unaware that he is on the run, they readily offer him hospitably but when he forces his attentions on Oachi her father drives him away. He makes his way to a saloon where he plays cards but twice draws the Ace of Spades which the locals call the devil’s finger. The superstitious Doré realizes that he has lost his lucky rattlesnake amulet during his struggle with Oachi and is terror-stricken.~Doré resumes his flight toward the United States border and away from the Mounties. Distancing himself from his old haunts, he comes on the cabin of a young couple, André (Fred C. Jones) and Marie (Gladys Leslie), where he is again welcomed, only to be thrashed soundly by André after he makes advances to Marie. Marie falls ill and, seeing André head off to the police barracks to fetch a doctor, the vengeful Doré returns and kidnaps her. Marie escapes and throws herself into a swollen river. Next day she is found unconscious by Oachi and taken to her home.~Doré, now crazy with fear, starts hallucinating, first seeing ‘Poleon and Oachi, then Marie and finally André. He fires his revolver at ‘André’ and draws the attention of constables Williams and Hamilton.~He arrives at Marie’s cabin where she is being treated by a Mounted Police doctor. When Doré sees her he drops dead. The two constables enter, recognize Doré, and realize their long hunt is over. ‘Poleon and Oachi head for home by canoe. Except for the Mounties, all the characters are French Canadians. <53mn 14s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. The running time is based on the measured length of the archives' master print calculated at 18 fps.~2. No main title or credits on print.~3. Production credits and cast information from The American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-1930, p. 299.~4. The American Film Institue Catalog of Feature Films claims that the script is based on the 1915, James Oliver Curwood novel "God's Country - and the Woman" but this is not the case.~5. There are shots of downtown Montréal including: an intersection with streetcars passing; the department store Au Bon Marché (Letendre Limited/Letendre, fils & cie.), then located at 635 Saint Catherine Street East (on the north side, at the corner of Montcalm, opposite the Ouimetoscope cinema); a fashion show in a shop window.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

12481

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8603-0091
8603-0092
8603-0093
8603-0094

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

INTERNEG

Made from:

N-2124
N-2125
N-2126
N-2127

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

29495

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-2124
N-2125
N-2126
N-2127

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

2.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

31938

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8611-0187
8611-0188
8611-0189
8611-0190

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

8603-0091
8603-0092
8603-0093
8603-0094

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

32055

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0217

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

7301-0395
7301-0396
7301-0397
7301-0398

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

32056

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0821
7301-0822
7301-0823
7301-0824

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

32057

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0403
7301-0404
7301-0405
7301-0406

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

32058

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0395
7301-0396
7301-0397
7301-0398

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

32059

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0399
7301-0400
7301-0401
7301-0402

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

357332

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2001-03-0022

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

373252

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2002-06-0093
2002-06-0094
2002-06-0095
2002-06-0096

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

8603-0091
8603-0092
8603-0093
8603-0094

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

373260

Format:

FILM

Location number:

2002-06-0111
2002-06-0112

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

8603-0091
8603-0092
8603-0093
8603-0094

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

569118

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0218

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

RED PRT

Made from:

7301-0395
7301-0396
7301-0397
7301-0398

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

569119

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

13-0233

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

63:00

Made from:

7301-0217

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

976652

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2001-03-0023

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

8611-0187
8611-0188
8611-0189
8611-0190
8107-0023
8107-0024
8107-0025
8107-0026

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1171874

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

2002-06-0093-DPX
2002-06-0094-DPX
2002-06-0095-DPX
2002-06-0095-DPX

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

39:00

Made from:

2002-06-0093
2002-06-0092
2002-06-0095
2002-06-0096

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1171875

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

8603-0091-DPX
8603-0092-DPX
8603-0093-DPX
8603-0094-DPX

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SIL

Duration:

39:00

Made from:

8603-0091
8603-0092
8603-0093
8603-0094

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

1171876

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

177097.MOV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

47:54

Made from:

2002-06-0093-DPX
2002-06-0094-DPX
2002-06-0095-DPX
2002-06-0096-DPX
8603-0091-DPX
8603-0092-DPX
8603-0093-DPX
8603-0094-DPX

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1171878

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

17097.MP4

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

47:54

Made from:

17097.MOV

Status:

REF
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2001-03-0022

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of donor~The contact persons at the AFI as of December 1996 are Susan Dalton and Zorin Sinobad, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. 20566. Telephone (202) 252-3120; FAX (202) 252-3126.

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