Tennessee's Pardner is a surviving 1916 American Western film directed by George Melford, written by Marion Fairfax, and starring Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Charles Clary, Jessie Arnold, Ronald Bradbury, and Raymond Hatton. It was released February 6, 1916, by Paramount Pictures.
The film was based upon the 1869 Bret Harte story "Tennessee’s Pardner," which has also been filmed as The Flaming Forties (1924), The Golden Princess (1925), and Tennessee's Partner (1955).
Premise Tennessee, a young girl whose parents are separated on their journey to California. When her father is killed, she is left in the care of her father's friend.The Ogden standard. (Ogden City, Utah), 12 Feb. 1916
Cast Fannie Ward as Tennessee Jack Dean as Jack Hunter Charles Clary as Tom Romaine Jessie Arnold as Kate Kent Ronald Bradbury as Bill Kent Raymond Hatton as Gewilliker Hay James Neill as The Padre
Preservation status The film is preserved in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and/or the Library of Congress collection.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.180 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
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