Winners of the Wilderness
{{short description|1927 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Winners of the Wilderness
| image = Winners11janx.jpg
| caption = Original film poster
| director = W.S. Van Dyke
| producer =
| writer = Story:
John Thomas Neville
Continuity:
Josephine Chippo
Titles:
Marian Ainslee
| narrator =
| starring = Tim McCoy
Joan Crawford
Edward Connelly
Roy D'Arcy
Ernest Ian Torrence
| music =
| cinematography = Clyde De Vinna
| editing = Conrad A. Nervig
| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| released = {{film date|1927|1|27}}
| runtime = 68 min.
| country = United States
| language = silent english intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Winners of the Wilderness is a 1927 American silent war drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Tim McCoy and Joan Crawford. In this costume drama, set during the French and Indian War (1754-1763), Rene Contrecouer (Crawford), the daughter of a French general falls for a soldier of fortune (McCoy). The film was photographed mostly in black and white, but one scene was in color by Technicolor.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WinnersOfTheWilderness1927.html Winners of the Wilderness at silentera.com][http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=1771 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Winners of the Wilderness]
Cast
- Tim McCoy – Colonel Sir Dennis O'Hara
- Joan Crawford – Rene Contrecoeur
- Edward Connelly – General Contrecoeur
- Roy D'Arcy – Captain Dumas
- Louise Lorraine – Mimi
- Edward Hearn – General George Washington
- Tom O'Brien – Timothy
- Will Walling – General Edward Braddock
- Frank Currier – Governor de Vaudreuil
- Lionel Belmore – Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia
- Chief John Big Tree – Chief Pontiac
Crew
- David Townsend - Set Designer
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0018579}}
- {{TCMDb title|2634}}
- [http://allmovie.com/work/winners-of-the-wilderness-117215 Winners of the Wilderness; allmovie.com]
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Category:1920s war drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:French and Indian War films
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Category:Silent films in color
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent American war drama films
Category:English-language war drama films
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