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The Coming of Columbus
(1912) United States of America
B&W : [?] Three or Four? reels
Directed by Colin Campbell
Cast: Charles Clary [Christopher Columbus], Kathlyn Williams, Hobart Bosworth, Tom Santschi, Bessie Eyton, Betty Harte, George Cox, Rex de Rosselli, Fred Eckhart (Frederick Echhart), Robert Irving, Walter McCollough, George McDermott, James O’Burrell, Herbert Rawlinson, Marshall Stedman, William Stowell, Joseph Sullivan, Frank Weed
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Charles E. Nixon. / © 8 April 1912 by The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated. Released 6 May 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Color-tinted. / Replica ships presented by Spain to the USA for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 were restored and used in the film. A hand-tinted copy of the film was presented to Pope Pius X, who awarded Selig a medal for providing the film industry an artistic, moral model of production — the medal is now on display at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Drama: Historical.
Synopsis: The story of Columbus’s discovery of the New World.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Christopher Columbus
Listing updated: 16 July 2009.
References: Fell-History p. 59; Lahue-Selig pp. 91, 124-127; Niver-First p. 115; Pitts-Hollywood p. 93; Robinson-Palace pp. 142, 146 : Website-IMDb.
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