The Soul Herder Explained

The Soul Herder
Director:	John Ford
Starring:	Harry Carey
Cinematography:	Ben F. Reynolds
Studio:	New York Motion Picture Company
Distributor:	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Runtime:	30 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Soul Herder is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by John Ford, and featuring Harry Carey. The film is presumed to be lost.^[1] The film was premiered in Dayton, Ohio, on August 3, 1917.^[2]

Cast

• Harry Carey
• Molly Malone
• Hoot Gibson
• Jean Hersholt as Priest
• Fritzi Ridgeway
• Duke R. Lee
• William Steele credited as William Gettinger
• Elizabeth James as Daughter
• Vester Pegg

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Soul Herder was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors ordered cut scenes showing the shooting of a clergyman, a man muffling a girl in a bedroom, killing a man outside a house, and the closeup of a dead man.^[3]

See also

• Harry Carey filmography
• Hoot Gibson filmography
• List of lost films

Notes and References

1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Soul Herder . March 1, 2008. Silent Era.
2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/391852618/ The Dayton Herald, August 3, 1917, p. 25
3. Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors . Exhibitors Herald . 5 . 8 . 33 . Exhibitors Herald Company . New York City . August 18, 1917 . December 4, 2014.