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On the Banks of the Wabash (film)
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Wikipedia article
'On the Banks of the Wabash' is a 1923 American silent rural melodrama film directed by J. Stuart Blackton and produced and distributed by his movie company, Vitagraph Studios. The film stars Mary Carr and among the cast are 14-year-old Madge Evans and James W. Morrison. The cameraman was Nicholas Musuraca. The film is very loosely based on Paul Dresser's song / poem "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away".[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/O/OnTheBanksOfTheWabash1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'On the Banks of the Wabash'] at silentera.com The film was an expensive production, with full-size riverboat steamboat and location shooting. It was one of the last major productions by Vitagraph before they were bought by Warner Bros.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=11101 AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'On the Banks of the Wabash']
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Preservation
Reportedly, a private collector holds an abridged, or shortened, version of this film.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7964/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'On the Banks of the Wabash']
See also
*List of lost films
References
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