The Plunderer (1915 film)

The Plunderer
Film still with William Farnum
Directed by	Edgar Lewis
Written by	Edgar Lewis Garfield Thompson
Based on	The Plunderer by Roy Norton
Starring	Roscoe Arbuckle Mabel Normand Ford Sterling
Cinematography	Frank Kugler
Production company	Fox Film Corp.
Distributed by	Fox Film Corp.
Release date	May 31, 1915 (1915-05-31)
Running time	(5 reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Plunderer is a 1915 American film directed by Edgar Lewis based on a 1912 mining novel by Roy Norton.[1] The cast features William Farnum and Harry Spingler as honest miners and Claire Whitney as love interest Joan, daughter of a dishonest miner literally undermining their claim.[2]

Cast

• William Farnum as Bill Matthews
• Claire Whitney as Joan Presby
• Harry Spingler as Dick Townsend
• Elizabeth Eyre as Lily Meredith
• William J. Gross as Old Bells Park
• Riley Hatch as Bully Presby (credited as William Riley Hatch)
• George De Carlton as Dave Thompson
• Henry Armetta as Pedro
• Flavia Arcaro as Cook

Production

The Plunderer was filmed on location in Dahlonega, Georgia,[3] site of the 1829 Georgia Gold Rush.

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Plunderer at silentera.com
2. Solomon, Aubrey (2014), The Fox Film Corporation, 1915–1935: A History and Filmography, McFarland ISBN 0786486104
3. "Gold Mining in Georgia". Film Fun (316). New York: Leslie-Judge Company. July 1915.

External links

• The Plunderer at IMDb