Treasures 5: The West, 1898-1938
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Program 1
- The Tourists (1912, 6 min.), Mabel Normand runs amuck in Albuquerque’s Indian market.
- The Sergeant (1910, 16 min.), first surviving narrative shot in Yosemite.
- Salomy Jane (1914, 87 min.), Gold Rush tale with America's first Latina movie star Beatriz Michelena.
- Sunshine Gatherers (1921, 10 min.), canning California fruit, in Prizmacolor.
- Deschutes Driftwood (1916, 10 min.), riding the rails along the Deschutes and Columbia rivers.
- “Promised Land” Barred to “Hoboes” (1936, 2 min.)
- Last of the Line (1914, 26 min.), cross-cultural tragedy, with Sessue Hayakawa.
- The Indian-detour (1924, 16 min.), in the Southwest on a Fred Harvey Company motor tour.
- Native American in Newsreels (1921–1938, 5 min.), Indians Invade Nation’s Capitol and 4 other stories.
- We Can Take It (1935, 21 min.), Civilian Conservation Corps at work.
Program 2
- Over Silent Paths (1910, 16 min.), daughter avenges her father’s murder.
- Life on the Circle Ranch in California (1912, 12 min.), cattle ranching in Santa Monica.
- Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress (1912, 14 min.), America’s first cowboy star courts a pistol-packing schoolmarm.
- How the Cowboy Makes His Lariat (1917, 3 min.), Pedro Leon demonstrates the vaquero’s art.
- Mexican Filibusters (1911, 16 min.), intrepid woman does her bit for the Mexican Revolution.
- The Better Man (1912, 12 min.), Mexican bandit proves his worth.
- Ammunition Smuggling on the Mexican Border (1914, 41 min.), Texas sheriff reenacts kidnapping by revolutionists.
- Lake Tahoe, Land of the Sky (1916, 6 min.), travelogue celebrating the new auto road.
- Mantrap (1926, 71 min.), wilderness comedy with Clara Bow and a woman-hating attorney.
- From The Golden West (1938, 8 min.), oil wells, drive-ins, and more in Kodachrome home movies.
Program 3
- The Lady of the Dugout (1918, 64 min.), Al Jennings plays himself as a bank robber with a heart of gold.
- From Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaw (1915, 13 min.), Bill Tilghman reenacts his capture of the Wild Bunch.
- The Girl Ranchers (1913, 14 min.), comedy in which sisters inherit the Rough Neck Ranch.
- Legal Advice (1916, 13 min.), Tom Mix falls for a lady attorney.
- From Womanhandled (1925, 55 min.), sparkling Gregory La Cava in which a modern ranch poses as the Old West to fool New Yorkers.
- Beauty Spots in America: Castle Hot Springs, Arizona (1916, 6 min.), spa for the rich and famous.
- Romance of Water (1931, 10 min.), how L.A. got its water.
- A New Miracle in the Desert (1935, 1 min.), bringing Colorado River water to California.
- The West in Promotional Travelogues (1898–1920, 22 min.), tours in 7 states, including Seeing Yosemite with David A. Curry.