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His Bitter Pill
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Fred Fishback (Fred Hibbard)

Cast: Mack Swain [Big Hearted Jim, a big-hearted sheriff], Louella Maxam [Sun Kissed Nell, the girl he loves], Ella Haines [his mother], Edgar Kennedy [Diamond Dan, his rival]; Shorty Hamilton [the short cowboy], Tom Kennedy [a henchman]

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Supervised (produced) by Mack Sennett. Assistant director, H. Raymaker (Herman C. Raymaker). Photographed (cinematography) by J.R. Lockwood. / Released 30 April 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: A Rough Diamond.

Comedy: Western.

Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates [16mm preservation reduction positive]; in the private film collection of Richard M. Roberts; and in other private film collections [8mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Law: Enforcement: Police: Sheriffs - Log cabins - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 16 August 2014.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Everson-American pp. 248, 264; Kerr-Silent p. 69; Lahue-Kops pp. 102-103, 159; Lahue-Triangle p. 131 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
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