Sutter's Gold

Sutter's Gold
Sutter's Gold
Directed by	James Cruze
Screenplay by	William Faulkner
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Edward Arnold; Lee Tracy; Binnie Barnes
Cinematography	George Robinson
Edited by	Philip Cahn
Music by	Franz Waxman
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 1, 1936;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$730,571

Sutter's Gold is a 1936 fictionalized film version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander, Montagu Love, and Harry Carey as Kit Carson. The film was directed by James Cruze.

The film is based on the novel "L'Or; la merveilleuse histoire du général Johann August Suter" by Blaise Cendrars (Paris, 1925); ISBN 1417910755, and a play by Bruno Frank.

Cast

Edward Arnold as John Sutter
Lee Tracyas Pete Perkin
Binnie Barnes as Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski
Katharine Alexander as Anna Sutter
Montagu Love asCapt. Kettleson
Addison Richards as James Marshall
John Miljan as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado
Harry Carey as Kit Carson
William Janney as John Sutter, Jr.
Nan Grey as Ann Eliza Sutter
Robert Warwick as Gen. Alexander Rotscheff
Morgan Wallace as General Fremont
Allen Vincent as Juan Bautista Alvarado, Jr.
Mitchell Lewis as King Kamehameha

References

^ Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 100. ISBN 9780813158891.

External links

Sutter's Gold at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Sutter's Gold at IMDB

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[dick-1] Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 100. ISBN 9780813158891.

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