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Boss of the Katy Mine
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Arthur Mackley

Cast: True Boardman [the foreman], Virginia True Boardman [the foreman’s wife], Brinsley Shaw [Bushnell, the boss of the Katy Mine], Harry Todd, [?] Gilbert M. Anderson?

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gilbert M. Anderson. Scenario by Gilbert M. Anderson. / Released 28 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot at the Essanay studio in Niles (Fremont), California.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm fine-grain preservation negative, 35mm preservation positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 21 May 2012.

References: Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.