Tennessee's Pardner Explained

Tennessee's Pardner
Director:George Melford
Producer:Jesse L. Lasky
Screenplay:Marion Fairfax
Starring:Fannie Ward
Jack Dean
Charles Clary
Jessie Arnold
Ronald Bradbury
Raymond Hatton
Cinematography:Percy Hilburn
Studio:Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:50 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent
English intertitles

Tennessee's Pardner is a surviving 1916 American Western film directed by George Melford, written by Marion Fairfax, and starring Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Charles Clary, Jessie Arnold, Ronald Bradbury, and Raymond Hatton. It was released February 6, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.[1] [2]

The film was based upon the 1869 Bret Harte story "Tennessee’s Pardner," which has also been filmed as The Flaming Forties (1924), The Golden Princess (1925), and Tennessee's Partner (1955).

Premise

Fannie Ward plays the part of a young girl whose parents are separated on their journey to California. When her father is killed, she is left in the care of her father's friend.[3]

Cast

Preservation status

The film is preserved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and/or the Library of Congress collection.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tennessee-s-Pardner - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20141226052700/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/112919/Tennessee-s-Pardner/overview. dead. 26 December 2014. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Hal Erickson. Hal Erickson (author). 2014. 26 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Tennessee's Pardner (1916) - Overview - TCM.com. Turner Classic Movies. 26 December 2014.
  3. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058396/1916-02-12/ed-1/seq-8/ The Ogden standard. (Ogden City, Utah), 12 Feb. 1916
  4. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3231/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Tennessee's Pardner
  5. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.180 c.1978 by the American Film Institute