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. The film was premiered in Dayton, Ohio, on August 3, 1917.

Cast

Harry Carey as Harry "Cheyenne Harry" Henderson
Molly Malone
Hoot Gibson
Jean Hersholt as Priest
Fritzi Ridgeway
Duke R. Lee
William Steele
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.