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The Coming of the Padres
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| The Coming of the Padres | |
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| Directed by | Lorimer Johnston |
| Starring | Sydney Ayres Perry Banks Louise Lester Jacques Jaccard Jack Richardson Vivian Rich Harry van Meter |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film |
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| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Coming of the Padres is a 1914 American silent short Western film directed by Lorimer Johnston. The film stars Sydney Ayres, Perry Banks, Louise Lester, Jacques Jaccard, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich, and Harry van Meter.[1] Motography reported that the film would be "pictorially reproducing the founding of the Santa Barbara Mission by Padre Junipero Serra. [...] The production will not be an exclusively religious one, but will introduce much of interest of early California life."[2]
Reception
[edit]A very positive review in The Moving Picture World wrote: " This is a beautiful offering, historical in nature. The bicennial of the birth of Father Serra who celebrated his first mass at Santa Barbara Mission, when California was a Spanish colony. It is impressive. The religious rites introduced are incidental to the dramatic story."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Mutual Film Corporation (1914). Reel Life (1914-1915). Media History Digital Library. New York, Mutual Film Corporation.
- ^ Electricity Magazine Corporation (1914). Motography (Jan-Jun 1914). MBRS Library of Congress. Electricity Magazine Corp.
- ^ Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association (1914). The Moving picture world. California State Library. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company.
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