Winners of the Wilderness (1927

1927 in film

-Events:*January 10 - Fritz Lang's science-fiction fantasy Metropolis premieres in Germany.*April 7 - Abel Gance's Napoleon often considered his best known and greatest masterpiece, premiers at the Paris Opéra and would demonstrate techniques and equipment that would not be used for years to...

) is a MGM silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

, directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and starring Tim McCoy

Tim McCoy

Col. Tim McCoy was an American actor, military officer, and expert on American Indian life and customs.-Early years:...

 and Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....

. In this costume drama

Costume drama

A costume drama or period drama is a period piece in which elaborate costumes, sets and properties are featured in order to capture the ambiance of a particular era.The term is usually used in the context of film and television...

, set during the French-Indian War, Rene Contrecouer (Crawford), the daughter of a French general falls for a soldier of fortune (McCoy). This movie was photographed mostly in black and white, but one scene was in color by Technicolor

Technicolor

Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...

.

Cast

• Tim McCoy
  Tim McCoy
  Col. Tim McCoy was an American actor, military officer, and expert on American Indian life and customs.-Early years:...
  
   - Cols. Sir Dennis O'Hara
• Joan Crawford
  Joan Crawford
  Joan Crawford , born Lucille Fay LeSueur, was an American actress in film, television and theatre....
  
   - Rene Contrecoeur
• Edward Connelly
  Edward Connelly
  Edward Connelly was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. He had a long established Broadway theatre career going back to the Victorian era...
  
   - General Contrecoeur
• Roy D'Arcy
  Roy D'Arcy
  Roy D'Arcy was an American film actor of the silent film and early sound period of the 1930s noted for his portrayal of flamboyant villains...
  
   - Captain Dumas
• Louise Lorraine
  Louise Lorraine
  Louise Lorraine was an American film actress.-Life and career:Born Louise Escovar in San Francisco, California in 1904, Louise Lorraine's rise to film happened quite accidentally....
  
   - Mimi
• Edward Hearn
  Edward Hearn
  Edward Hearn was an American actor. He appeared in 361 films between 1915 and 1955.He was born in Dayton, Washington and died in Los Angeles County, California.-Selected filmography:* Daredevil Jack...
  
   - General George Washington
• Tom O'Brien - Timothy
• Will Walling
  Will Walling
  William "Will" Walling was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 60 films between 1921 and 1932....
  
   - General Edward Braddock
• Frank Currier
  Frank Currier
  Frank Currier was an American actor and director of the silent era. He appeared in 133 films between 1912 and 1928. He also directed 19 films in 1916...
  
   - Governor de Vaudreuil
• Lionel Belmore
  Lionel Belmore
  Lionel Belmore . When he was born, Wimbledon was in Surrey. He was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century, appearing with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lily Langtry and other famous actors. He entered in films from 1911...
  
   - Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia
• Chief John Big Tree
  Chief John Big Tree
  Chief John Big Tree , born Isaac Johnny John, was a member of the Seneca Nation and an actor who appeared in 59 films between 1915 and 1950....
  
  - Chief Pontiac

External links

• Winners of the Wilderness; allmovie.com