''Sutter's Gold'' is a 1936 American

Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US * Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that i ...

film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays

John Sutter John Augustus Sutter (February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880), born Johann August Sutter and known in Spanish as Don Juan Sutter, was a Swiss immigrant of Mexican and American citizenship, known for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area th ...

. The supporting cast includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Katherine Alexander,

Montagu Love Montagu Love (15 March 1877 – 17 May 1943) was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor. Early years Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, Love was the son of Harry Love and Fanny Louisa Love, née Poad; his father was listed as accounta ...

, and Harry Carey as

Kit Carson Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and ...

. The film was directed by

James Cruze James Cruze (born James Cruze Bosen; March 27, 1884 – August 3, 1942) was a silent film actor and film director. Early years Cruze's middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day S ...

. The film is based on the novel "L'Or; la merveilleuse histoire du général Johann August Suter" by

Blaise Cendrars Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1 September 1887 – 21 January 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European mo ...

(Paris, 1925); , and a play by Bruno Frank.

Cast

* Edward Arnold as

* Lee Tracy as Pete Perkin * Binnie Barnes as Countess Elizabeth Bartoffski * Katharine Alexander as Anna Sutter *

as Capt. Kettleson * Addison Richards as James Marshall * John Miljan as Gen. Juan Bautista Alvarado * Harry Carey as

* William Janney as John Sutter, Jr. * Nan Grey as Ann Eliza Sutter *

Robert Warwick Robert Warwick (born Robert Taylor Bien, October 9, 1878 – June 6, 1964) was an American stage, film and television actor with over 200 film appearances. A matinee idol during the silent film era, he also prospered after the introductio ...

as Gen. Alexander Rotscheff * Morgan Wallace as General Fremont * Allen Vincent as Juan Bautista Alvarado, Jr. * Mitchell Lewis as King

Kamehameha Kamehameha may refer to: House of Kamehameha *House of Kamehameha, the dynasty of the Hawaiian Kings **Kamehameha I (1736–1819), first king of the Hawaiian Islands **Kamehameha II (1797–1824), second king of the Kingdom of Hawaii **Kamehameha ...

* Harry Cording as Seaman Lars (uncredited) * George Irving as Dr. Billings (uncredited)

References

External links

*
''Sutter's Gold'' at IMDB
1936 films Universal Pictures films Films directed by James Cruze American historical films 1936 Western (genre) films 1930s historical films Films set in the 1840s American Western (genre) films Films scored by Franz Waxman American black-and-white films Films set in California Cultural depictions of Kit Carson 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{1930s-Western-film-stub