Sutter's Gold
Sutter's Gold is a 1936 American Western film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander, Montagu Love, and Harry Carey as Kit Carson. The film was directed by James Cruze.
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| Directed by | James Cruze |
| Screenplay by | William Faulkner |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Edward Arnold Lee Tracy Binnie Barnes |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Philip Cahn |
| Music by | Franz Waxman |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $730,571[1] |
The film is based on the novel "L'Or; la merveilleuse histoire du général Johann August Suter" by Blaise Cendrars (Paris, 1925); ISBN 1417910755, and a play by Bruno Frank.
Cast
- Edward Arnold as John Sutter
- Lee Tracy as Pete Perkin
- Binnie Barnes as Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski
- Katharine Alexander as Anna Sutter
- Montagu Love as Capt. Kettleson
- Addison Richards as James Marshall
- John Miljan as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
- Harry Carey as Kit Carson
- William Janney as John Sutter, Jr.
- Nan Grey as Ann Eliza Sutter
- Robert Warwick as Gen. Alexander Rotscheff
- Morgan Wallace as General Fremont
- Allen Vincent as Juan Bautista Alvarado, Jr.
- Mitchell Lewis as King Kamehameha
- Harry Cording as Seaman Lars (uncredited)
- George Irving as Dr. Billings (uncredited)
See also
- Der Kaiser von Kalifornien (1936) film
References
- Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 100. ISBN 9780813158891.
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