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The Buffalo Bill Show
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by John J. O’Brien

Cast: William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill Cody)

Distributed on State Rights basis by [?] Wild West Film Company? / Released January 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot earlier but could not be released until after Cody’s death in January 1917.

Documentary: Biographical.

Synopsis: Brief synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0523.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Colonel William F. Cody - USA

Listing updated: 2 September 2018.

References: AFI-F1 nn. F1.0024, F1.0523 : Website-IMDb.