Life on the Border
About Life on the Border
A pioneer mother is left for the day in a wilderness cabin with her five-year-old. The child shuts her in a woodshed and cannot lift the latch. A bear, chased by a band of Indians, comes onto the place. The child hides by a pile of logs. The Indians search the empty cabin, find liquor and a medicine chest, and set fire to the cabin and the outbuildings, including the shed. They then remember the bear and leave. Otis Turner directed. Kathlyn Williams, Charles Clary, Lynette Griffin, and Tom Mix are billed.
Cast & crew
More about Life on the Border
William N. Selig produced it. The catalog calls the story a picture of early American border life. No running time is on the Wikidata record. No public copy is linked on the catalog row.
Themes
Notes
- The latch is too heavy for the five-year-old.
- The fire starts after the Indians drink what they find in the cabin.
- Tom Mix is billed. The catalog does not say which part he plays.
Scenes
- The child drops the latch and cannot raise it.
- The shed is among the buildings set on fire.
