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Ethel Grandin and Others in "Across the Plains"
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Three or more pioneer women and an older man in buckskin look in horror at a threat--indians?--that is beyond the frame of the photograph in this scene still from the one-reel silent film "Across the Plains," also known as "War on the Plains." The young woman in the center is the actress Ethel Grandin. Behind the group is a stagecoach and a U.S. Army calvary escort.
1912
Bison (Firm)
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WHi 90268
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William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains"
1912
William Clifford and Ethel Grandin in 1860s or 1870s period costume. They are apparently being guarded by two U.S. Army soldiers in this scene still for "Across the Plains" (Bison 1912).
Ethel Grandin and William E. Shay in "Across the Plains"
1912
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Ray Myers and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains"
1912
Ray Myers courts Ethel Grandin as they sit on a boulder in a scene still from "Across the Plains," also known as "War on the Plains." Behind them is a small herd of long-horned cattle.
Ethel Grandin, J. Barney Sherry, and Others in "Across the Plains"
1912
In the left foreground Ethel Grandin is comforted by a U.S. Army cavalry officer. Behind them other officers and a woman standing by a Wells Fargo stagecoach are recuperating from an attack in this...
Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford in "Across the Plains"
1912
In the foreground Ethel Grandin and Francis Ford embrace at the foot of a grave. Behind them are three covered wagons, numerous men and women on horseback, and some cattle in this scene still from ...
William E. Shay and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains"
1912
William E. Shay has pulled a pistol on another actor in western dress as Ethel Grandin watches, on her knees with hands clasped in a scene still from "Across the Plains," also known as "War on the ...
