The Sergeant
About The Sergeant
Colonel James Gordon of the 4th Cavalry does not know that Sergeant Adams and his daughter are fond of each other. He sends Adams to ride with her. A renegade steals the horses. On foot they lose the trail. Troops find them the next day, and Adams is disgraced. During an attack he gets away, brings reinforcements, and collapses at the colonel’s feet. The daughter kneels beside him. Three months later, still recovering at the fort, Adams gets a letter: his promotion to lieutenant is coming, and the colonel gives permission for the marriage. Hobart Bosworth plays Adams. Iva Shepard plays the daughter. Francis Boggs directed for Selig.
Cast & crew
More about The Sergeant
Selig production number 292. The main title card reads “The Sergeant. Told in the Yosemite Valley.” Subtitles name the Cascades, Illillouette Falls, Nevada Falls, and the Merced Rapids in Little Yosemite. The AFI release date is 22 September 1910. The length is 950 feet, one reel. The Academy Film Archive preserved it in 2012 with the National Film Preservation Foundation’s New Zealand Project. A Commons file notes the preservation. An Internet Archive identifier is silent-the-sergeant.
Themes
Making
Selig sent the company into Yosemite and cut the falls into the chase and the rescue.
Preservation
The Academy Film Archive preserved the film in 2012 with the National Film Preservation Foundation’s New Zealand Project.
Notes
- The ride is in Yosemite. The title card says so.
- Dick LaReno, Thomas Santschi, and Frank Clarke are also on the AFI cast list.
- The promotion and the marriage permission arrive in one letter, three months later.
- Boggs is credited as Francis Boggs on the catalog and as Frank Boggs in the AFI listing.
Scenes
- The horses are stolen and the pair lose the trail on foot.
- Adams collapses at the colonel’s feet after bringing help.
- The letter offers a lieutenancy and the daughter.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-sergeant)
- Wikimedia Commons (The Sergeant (1910) preserved.webm)
