Bison Film Company
Bison Film Company , also known as 101 Bison Film Company , is an American film studio established in 1909 and disestablished in 1917.
It partnered with Miller Brothers 101 Ranch to lease 20,000 acres to build a Western town set and an Indian village and make silent films with stars including Tom Mix , Buck Jones , Hoot Gibson and Will Rogers .[ 1] The Indian Massacre (1912), by Thomas H. Ince .[ 2]
In 1912 it also produced The Indian Raiders , Early Days in the West , Hunted Down , A Daughter of the Redskins , The Cowboy Guardians , The Tribal Law , An Indian Outcast ; in 1913 it produced In Love and War , Woman and War ; and in 1915 Lone Larry , starring Kingsley Benedict .[ 6]
Filmography
1909
Disinherited Son's Loyalty Fred J. Balshofer - short filmRomance of a Fishermaid Charles K. French - short filmDavy Crockett - In Hearts United The Squaw's Revenge Why Mr. Jones Was Arrested A Terrible Attempt A Cowboy's Narrow Escape The True Heart of an Indian Charles Inslee The Blacksmith's Wife I Love My Wife, But Oh, You Kid The Gypsy Artist My Wife's Gone to the Country Sailor's Child The Yiddisher Cowboy Sheltered Under Stars and Stripes Half Breed's Treachery Secret Service Woman His Two Children The Paymaster Fred J. Balshofer A Kentucky Planter A Squaw's Sacrifice The Faithful Wife Dove Eye's Gratitude Fred J. Balshofer The Gold Seeker's Daughter Iona, the White Squaw The Mexican's Crime Young Deer's Bravery The Ranchman's Wife An Indian's Bride The Parson's Prayer Dooley's Thanksgiving Turkey The Message of an Arrow Reunited at the Gallows The Love of a Savage Fred J. Balshofer An Italian Love Story The Red Cross Heroine
1910
Red Girl's Romance Fred J. Balshofer - short filmA Redman's Devotion A Forester's Sweetheart A Cowboy's Reward Romany Rob's Revenge The Mexican's Jealousy 'A Romance of the Prairie His Imaginary Crime The Female Bandit By His Own Hands The Ten of Spades; or, A Western Raffle Young Deer's Gratitude Government Rations The Imposter Fred J. Balshofer - short filmDooley's Holiday For Her Father's Honor Dooley Referees the Big Fight The Cowboy and the Schoolmarm Fred J. Balshofer - short filmThe New Partners The Indian and the Cowgirl The Rose of the Ranch For His Sister's Honor The Mexican's Ward 'The Man from Texas Company D to the Rescue Nannina A Shot in Time Fred J. Balshofer - short filmRomance of a Snake Charmer Red Wing's Loyalty Rivalry in the Oil Fields Red Wing's Constancy A Husband's Mistake The Adventures of a Cowpuncher Rattlesnakes Hazel, the Heart Breaker The Rescue of the Pioneer's Daughter A Sister's Devotion Love and Money Fred J. Balshofer - short filmCupid's Comedy Lost for Many Years The Feud The Curse of Gambling Perils of the Plains The Tie That Binds Married on Horseback Girls Saved from the Redmen An Engineer's Sweetheart A Cowboy's Race for a Wife The Sea Wolves Fred J. Balshofer - short filmA Mexican Lothario Her Terrible Peril A Ranchman's Simple Son A Sinner's Sacrifice The Sheriff of Black Gulch A Mexican Love Affair Red Fern and the Kid A Message of the Sea Black Pete's Reformation Love in Mexico In the Wild West Fred J. Balshofer - short filmA Miner's Sweetheart A Cowboy's Generosity A True Country Heart The Prairie Post Mistress A Woman's Better Nature The Redmen's Persecution The Mascot of Company D Kit Carson Fred J. Balshofer - short filmDan, the Arizona Scout The Night Rustlers Western Justice A True Indian Brave A Cowboy's Matrimonial Tangle For a Western Girl For the Love of Red Wing A Cattle Rustler's Daughter A Cowboy for Love The Ranch Raiders Young Deer's Return The Girl Scout A Cowboy's Daring Rescue The Prayer of a Miner's Child The Lure of Gold The Wrong Trail The Girl Cowboy A Red Girl's Friendship The Fatal Gold Nugget Red Wing and the White Girl The Branded Man Fred J. Balshofer - short filmBud's Triumph Fred J. Balshofer - short filmThe Flight of Red Wing Fred J. Balshofer - short filmAn Indian Maiden's Choice True Western Honor A Cheyenne's Love for a Sioux The Ranchman's Personal A Child of the Wild A Sioux's Reward A Brave Western Girl An Indian's Test A Girl of the Plains The Cattle Baron's Daughter The Pale Faced Princess An Indian's Elopement Taming the Terror
1911
1912
A Mexican Tragedy Thomas H. Ince - short filmChinese Smugglers Thomas H. Ince - short filmThe Indian Maid's Elopement The Gambler's Heart The Laugh on Dad The Honor of the Tribe Thomas H. Ince - short filmThe Run on the Bank The Sub-Chief's Choice The Ranch Girl's Love Love and Jealousy The Empty Water Keg The Protection of the Cross A Tenderfoot's Revenge Broncho Bill's Love Affair The Wild West Circus The Deputy's Sweetheart War on the Plains The Heart of an Indian The Battle of the Red Men The Deserter Thomas H. Ince The Crisis Thomas H. Ince Blazing the Trail Thomas H. Ince The Post Telegrapher Thomas H. Ince and Francis Ford - short filmThe Lieutenant's Last Fight The Outcast Memories of a Pioneer A Soldier's Honor His Punishment On the Warpath Reginald Barker His Message Thomas H. Ince The Colonel's Peril The Sheriff of Stoney Butte The Restoration Fred J. Balshofer Reconciled Just in Time The Sheriff's Mysterious Aide Daredevil Dick Wins a Wife The Little Rancher The White Savior An Even Break His Partner's Share A Western Girl's Dream Her First Choice The Widow's Claim The Shot That Failed How He Made Good For Love, Life and Riches Frank Montgomery A Shot in the Dark Ben F. Wilson The Arizona Land Swindle Her Last Resort A White Indian The Girl from Golden Run The Ranchman's Awakening The Massacre of Santa Fe Trail Frank E. Montgomery The Sheriff's Reward At Old Fort Dearborn; or, Chicago in 1812 A Western Episode When Uncle Sam Was Young The Indian Raiders Tom Ricketts The Tattoo Star Eyes' Stratagem Frank E. Montgomery Early Days in the West Hunted Down A Daughter of the Redskins The Cowboy Guardians Trapper Bill, King of Scouts A Red Man's Love Frank E. Montgomery An Indian Ishmael A Blackfoot Conspiracy The Tribal Law Wallace Reid and Otis Turner Trapped by Fire The Half-Breed Scout An Indian Outcast The Massacre of the Fourth Cavalry Big Rock's Last Stand The Rights of a Savage A Four-Footed Hero A Ride for Life Before the White Man Came Indian Dances and Pastimes Heroine of the Plains El Capitan and the Land Grabbers The Redemption of White Hawk
1913
A Girl at War The Romance of the Utah Pioneers Charles Farley - short filmAn Apache Father's Vengeance Frank Montgomery A Frontier Providence Otis Turner Regimental Pals The Genius of Fort Lapawai A Gambler's Last Trick Sheridan's Ride Cowboy Sports and Pastimes Mona of the Modocs Frank Montgomery A Frontier Mystery On the Frontier In the Redman's Country The Song of the Telegraph The Bugler of Company B The Coward's Atonement Francis Ford - short filmThe Red Girl's Sacrifice His Brother At Mad Mole Canyon The Flaming Arrow Indian Blood The Battle of Bull Run The Return of Thunder Cloud's Spirit Henry MacRae The Light in the Window The Half Breed Parson A House Divided Taps Francis Ford Bedford's Hope The Darling of the Regiment War Bred in the Bone Wilfred Lucas The Last Roll Call The Vengeance of the Skystone The Indian's Secret The Northern Spy The Toll of War Francis Ford In the Secret Service Henry MacRae The Stars and Stripes Forever Under Fire Love, Life and Liberty The Honor of the Regiment The Battle of San Juan Hill Francis Ford - short filmThe Spirit of the Flag Allan Dwan - short filmThe Grand Old Flag The Capture of Aguinaldo Francis Ford - short filmIn Love and War Thomas H. Ince - short filmWomen and War The Guerilla Menace The Battle of Manila At Shiloh The Powder Flash of Death Allan Dwan - short filmThe Head Hunters The Picket Guard When Sherman Marched to the Sea Jack Conway The Lawbreakers Robinson Crusoe Otis Turner The Cave Dwellers' Romance The Death Stone of India Milton J. Fahrney - short filmThe Snake Frank Montgomery Campaigning with Custer Soldiers Three The Iron Trail Henry MacRae The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine Frank Borzage The Gratitude of Wanda Wallace Reid Pelleas and Melisande J. Farrell MacDonald The Love of Men Frank Montgomery A Forest Romance Wandering Folk Otis Turner In the Coils of the Python Henry MacRae Through the Window The Struggle Jack Conway and Frank MontgomeryCaptain Billie's Mate Francis Ford Shon the Piper Otis Turner Good-for-Nothing Jack The Girl and the Tiger Henry MacRae Fighters of the Plains In the Wilds of Africa Through Barriers of Fire Edwin August The She Wolf The Cowboy Magnate The Black Masks Grace Cunard and Francis Ford From Dawn Till Dark Captain Kidd Otis Turner The Prairie Trail The Madonna of the Slums Lasca The Raid of the Human Tigers Wynona's Vengeance The White Vaquero War of the Cattle Range Henry MacRae The White Squaw The Werewolf Henry MacRae - short filmThe God of Girzah The Water War
1914
The Gambler's Oath The Eleventh Hour Henry MacRae (1914)The Flash of Fate Henry MacRae (1914)For the Freedom of Cuba The Mad Hermit Francis Ford (1914)The Vagabond Soldier Unjustly Accused Her Father's Guilt The Legion of the Phantom Tribe The Yaqui's Revenge From the Lion's Jaws In the Wolves' Fangs Two Little Waifs The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf Dangers of the Veldt Dolores D'Arada, Lady of Sorrow Old California The Tragedy of Whispering Creek A Nation's Peril The Hills of Silence The Triumph of Mind Lois Weber (1914)Cast Adrift in the South Seas On the Verge of War Isle of Abandoned Hope The Forbidden Room Allan Dwan (1914)The Old Cobbler The Hopes of Blind Alley Prowlers of the Wild A Mexican Spy in America Olana of the South Seas Tribal War in the South Seas Rescued by Wireless Henry MacRae - short film (1914)The Oubliette Charles Giblyn - short film (1914)The Lure of the Geisha The Law of the Lumberjack The Return of the Twins' Double Our Enemy's Spy The Higher Law Richelieu Allan Dwan - mediometraggio (1914)Love and Baseball The Phantom Light Monsieur Bluebeard The Mysterious Hand A Redskin Reckoning A Daughter of the Redskins The Jungle Master The Silent Peril Ninety Black Boxes The Brand of His Tribe The Foundlings of Father Time The Trail Breakers The Christmas Spirit Murdock MacQuarrie (1914)The Law of the Range Henry MacRae (1914)
1915
1916
The Dawn Road On the Trail of the Tigress Across the Rio Grande George Marshall (1916)Buck Simmons, Puncher A Daughter of Penance The Phantom Island His Majesty Dick Turpin A Recoiling Vengeance Stampede in the Night The One Woman Henry Otto (1916)The Quarter Breed The Iron Rivals Behind the Curtain Henry Otto (1916)The Night Riders Behind the Mask Francis Ford (1916)The Rival Pilots The Passing of Hell's Crown The Torrent of Vengeance The Leap A Fight for Love Hulda the Silent The Wedding Guest Jacques Jaccard - short film (1916)Tammany's Tiger The Cage Man A Railroad Bandit The Ghost of the Jungle The Money Lenders The Committee on Credentials The Human Pendulum Midwinter Madness For the Love of a Girl Harry Carey (1916)Under the Lion's Paw A Jungle Hero Along the Malibu Cleo Madison and William V. Mong - short film (1916)Beyond the Trail Ben F. Wilson - short film (1916)The Trail of Chance Lucius Henderson - short film (1916)The Desert Rat Romaine Fielding - short film (1916)The Princely Bandit A Mountain Tragedy George Cochrane - short film (1916)Night Shadows The Conspiracy The Better Man Jay Hunt (1916)For Love and Gold The Quitter Burton George - short film (1916)The Son of a Rebel Chief The Lost Lode The Telegraph Operator's Daughter The Greater Power The Good Woman The Taint of Fear Fighting Joe Giant Powder
1917
Blood Money Fred Kelsey - short film (1917)The Bad Man of Cheyenne Brute Force A.W. Rice (1917)The Daring Chance William V. Mong (1917)The Boonton Affair King Baggot (1917)The Outlaw and the Lady John Osborne's Triumph Murdock MacQuarrie (1917)The Comeback George Marshall (1917)Il tornado The Tornado ), directed by John Ford - short film (1917)The Drifter Fred Kelsey (1917)Roped In Goin' Straight Steel Hearts Burning Silence Burning Silence The Kidnapped Bride Henry MacRae (1917)The Tell Tale Clue La pista dell'odio The Little Moccasins One Wild Night Casey's Border Raid Dropped from the Clouds Henry MacRae (1917)Number 10, Westbound L'attaccabrighe The Scrapper ), directed by John Ford - short film (1917)The Honor of Men Money and Mystery The Wrong Man Fred Kelsey Double Suspicion Il pastore di anime The Soul Herder ), directed by John Ford - short film (1917)Squaring It Jungle Treachery The Lure of the Circus William B. Pearson (1917)The Texas Sphinx The Last of the Night Riders The Dynamite Special The Lion's Lair Saving the Fast Mail The Temple of Terror The Getaway George Cochrane (1917)Danger Ahead
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