The Deserter is a 1912

1912 in film

The year 1912 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Mack Sennett, who had previously worked as an actor and comedy director with D. W. Griffith, formed a new company with New York City entrepreneur Adam Kessel called Keystone Studios...

 silent black-and-white two-reel film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 written and directed by Thomas H. Ince

Thomas H. Ince

Thomas Harper Ince was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul. Known as the "Father of the Western", he invented many mechanisms of professional movie production, introducing early Hollywood to the "assembly line"...

. It was released March 15, 1912 and starred Francis Ford

Francis Ford (actor)

Francis Ford was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the older brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.He starred in the 1912 two-reeler The Deserter by Thomas H. Ince and acted in over 400...

 and Ethel Grandin

Ethel Grandin

Ethel Grandin was an American silent film actress.She was married to Ray C. Smallwood from 1912 until his death on February 23, 1964; they had a son named Arthur Smallwood .She began her acting career on stage appearing with Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle...

.

Plot

The story concerns a soldier who deserts his regiment and encounters a wagon train of settlers. He returns to his unit in order to elicit help for the would be settlers who are attacked by American Indians.

Cast (in credits order)

• Francis Ford
• Ethel Grandin
• Harold Lockwood
• J. Barney Sherry
• Ray Myers
• Winnie Baldwin
• Clifford Smith