The Coming of the Padres

1914 film

The Coming of the Padres

Directed by| Lorimer Johnston
Starring| Sydney Ayres
Perry Banks
Louise Lester
Jacques Jaccard
Jack Richardson
Vivian Rich
Harry van Meter
Distributed by| Mutual Film

Release date

* March 21, 1914 (1914-03-21)

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

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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

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1. ^ Mutual Film Corporation (1914). Reel Life (1914-1915). Media History Digital Library. New York, Mutual Film Corporation.
2. ^ Electricity Magazine Corporation (1914). Motography (Jan-Jun 1914). MBRS Library of Congress. Electricity Magazine Corp.
3. ^ Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association (1914). The Moving picture world. California State Library. New York : The World Photographic Publishing Company.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

## External links

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* The Coming of the Padres at IMDb

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Films directed by Lorimer Johnston

* Truth in the Wilderness (1913))
* Personal Magnetism (1913)
* Calamity Anne, Heroine (1913)
* The Haunted House (1913)
* The Flirt and the Bandit (1913)
* For the Flag (1913)
* For the Crown (1913)
* At the Potter's Wheel (1914)
* The Coming of the Padres (1914)
* At Midnight (1913)
* The Cricket on the Hearth (1923)

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