Film's original title card with credit to the author of the story
Directed by
Harold M. Shaw
Written by
Dorothy G. Shore
Starring
Martin Fuller Mrs. William Bechtel Walter Edwin Bigelow Cooper
Distributed by
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Release date
October 28, 1912 (1912-10-28)
Running time
1 reel (1000 feet); originally 14-15 minutes[1][2]
Country
United States
Languages
Silent film English intertitles
The Land Beyond the Sunset is a 1912 short, silent drama film which tells the story of a young boy, oppressed by his grandmother, who goes on an outing in the country with a social welfare group. It stars Martin Fuller, Mrs. William Bechtel, Walter Edwin and Bigelow Cooper. Produced by Edison Studios in collaboration with the Fresh Air Fund, the screenplay was written by Dorothy G. Shore and directed by Harold M. Shaw.
In 2000, The Land Beyond the Sunset was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3][4] It is included on the DVD Treasures from American Film Archives (2000).
^"Edison Kinetoscope / "The Land Beyond the Sunset", The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.), 26 October 1912, p. 315. Internet Archive (I.A.), San Francisco, California. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47. According to this reference, a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Projection-speed rates of films in the silent era varied somewhat due to equipment inconsistencies, although the "standard" speed was generally considered to be 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames of later sound films.
^"Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
^"Librarian of Congress Names 25 More Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
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