The Soul Herder

The Soul Herder is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by John Ford, and featuring Harry Carey. The film is presumed to be lost.^[1] The film was premiered in Dayton, Ohio, on August 3, 1917.^[2]

The Soul Herder
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Directed by	John Ford
Written by	George Hively
Starring	Harry Carey
Cinematography	Ben F. Reynolds
Production company	New York Motion Picture Company
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Co.
Release date	August 3, 1917 (1917-08-03)
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Cast

• Harry Carey as Harry "Cheyenne Harry" Henderson
• Molly Malone
• Hoot Gibson
• Jean Hersholt as Priest
• Fritzi Ridgeway
• Duke R. Lee
• William Steele (credited as William Gettinger)
• Elizabeth James as Daughter
• Vester Pegg

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Soul Herder was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. The Chicago Board of Censors ordered cut scenes showing the shooting of a clergyman, a man muffling a girl in a bedroom, killing a man outside a house, and the closeup of a dead man.^[3]

See also

• Harry Carey filmography
• Hoot Gibson filmography
• List of lost films