Court Martial (1928 film)

Court Martial (1928 film)

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'''''Court Martial''''' is a 1928 American [[silent film]] [[war film|war]] [[drama film]] directed by [[George B. Seitz]], starring [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]], [[Betty Compson]] as [[Belle Starr]], and Frank Austin as [[Abraham Lincoln]], and released by [[Columbia Pictures]].
'''''Court Martial''''' is a 1928 American [[silent film]] [[war film|war]] [[drama film]] directed by [[George B. Seitz]], starring [[Jack Holt (actor)|Jack Holt]], [[Betty Compson]] as [[Belle Starr]], and Frank Austin as [[Abraham Lincoln]], and released by [[Columbia Pictures]].

A foreign release print of the film survives and is preserved in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was shown at the annual [[Cinecon]] Classic Film Festival in 2014.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141010230636/https://cinecon.org/cinecon_schedule.html Cinecon 50 Film Schedule]

Publicity for the film stated that several sequences were shot in early [[Technicolor]],''Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World'', July 14, 1928, p14 but these do not appear to have survived.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*[[Zack Williams (actor)|Zack Williams]] as Negro
*[[Zack Williams (actor)|Zack Williams]] as Negro


==Preservation status==
==Preservation==
*Prints held at National Archives of Canada, Cineteca del Friuli (Gemona), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), and 16mm at Library of Congress.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3012/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''Court-Martial'']
''Court Martial'' is considered completely extant with [[35mm movie film|35mm]] prints held by the [[Museum of Modern Art]], Cineteca del Friuli in [[Gemona]], and the [[National Archives of Canada]]. A [[16mm film|16mm]] print is also held by the [[Library of Congress]]. name=''LOC''>{{Cite web |date= |others= |title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Court-Martial'' |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3012/default.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628211537/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3012/default.html |archive-date=2022-06-28 |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=memory.loc.gov}}

The foreign release print of the film MOMA's collection was shown at the annual [[Cinecon]] Classic Film Festival in 2014.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141010230636/https://cinecon.org/cinecon_schedule.html Cinecon 50 Film Schedule]

Publicity for the film stated that several sequences were shot in early [[Technicolor]],''Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World'', July 14, 1928, p14 but these do not appear to have survived.


==See also==
==See also==