A Trooper of Troop K

original title:
A Trooper of Troop K
other titles:
A Thrilling Picturization of the Late Carrizal, Mexico Battle, Between the Fighting U.S. Tenth Cavalry and the Carranzista's Soldiers.
country / year of production:
USA / 1917
original length:
black/white
premiere:
January 1917
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
Harry A. Gant
film script:
producer:
cinematographer:
Harry A. Gant
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
Noble Johnson , Beulah Hall , Jimmy Smith
more:
plot synopsis:
Story of trooper who took part in the controversial U.S. military expedition against Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in 1916 that brought the United States and Mexico closer to war when Mexican government troops attacked U.S. Brigadier General John J. Pershing's force at Carrizal, Mexico. "A Trooper of Troop K" deals with a massacre of African-American troops in the Army's 10th Cavalry during the U. S. campaign against Mexican bandits and revolutionaries in 1916.
keywords:
silent movie , cavalry , massacre
war:
Mexican Revolution 1910-1921
literature:
Hans Werner Tobler: Die mexikanische Revolution: gesellschaftlicher Wandel und politischer Umbruch 1876-1940. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1984. ISBN: 3-518-04588-1
remarks:
This was the second Lincoln Motion Picture Company production, the first movie company organized by African-American filmmakers. The three-reeler filmed in the San Gabriel valley with a cast of over three hundred extras, the Lincoln company was able to secure costumes and props from the more established Hollywood studios.
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