War on the Plains

Directed byThomas H. Ince

Written byWilliam Eagle Shirt
Thomas H. Ince
Ray Myers

Produced byBison Motion Pictures,
New York Motion Picture Company

StarringFrancis Ford
Ethel Grandin

War on the Plains (aka Across the Plains)
Film still, 1912
Directed by	Thomas H. Ince
Written by	William Eagle Shirt Thomas H. Ince Ray Myers
Produced by	Bison Motion Pictures, New York Motion Picture Company
Starring	Francis Ford Ethel Grandin
Distributed by	Motion Picture Distributors and Sales Company Cosmopolitan Films (UK)
Release date	February 23, 1912 (1912-02-23)
Running time	2 reels (20 minutes)[1]
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

War on the Plains, also called Across the Plains, is a 1912 American short silent Western film directed by Thomas H. Ince and starring Francis Ford, Ethel Grandin and Ray Myers. It was produced by Bison Motion Pictures, a subsidiary of the New York Motion Picture Company. The film was made at Inceville, Santa Ynez, California.^[2]

This short is referred to as Across the Plains in Daniel Blum's Pictorial History of Silent Films.^[3] Several other films with this title were released before and after this short was initially distributed.