The Luck of Roaring Camp

Adaptations

There have been several short film adaptations of "The Luck of Roaring Camp", and a small number of feature films.

The first film adaptation was The Luck of Roaring Camp (1910), which was a short film produced by the Thomas Edison Motion Picture Company. The film was adapted and directed by character actor Frank McGlynn Sr.; his son Thomas played the role of Tommy Luck. Paramount Pictures produced a Will Rogers adaptation, Roaring Camp, in 1916, featuring L. Frank Baum as Oakhurst.

Some of the other adaptations are:

  • The Luck of Roaring Camp (1917), an Edison adaptation by Edward H. Griffith that stars Ivan Christy and Eugene Field
  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937), an RKO Pictures adaptation by John Twist that stars Virginia Weidler and Si Jenks
  • Luck of Roaring Camp (1937), a Monogram Pictures adaptation by Harvey Gates that stars Byron Foulger and Ferris Taylor[10]
  • Four of the Apocalypse (1975), a Spaghetti Western based in part on Harte's story.
  • California Gold Rush (1981), a Schick Sunn adaptation by Thomas C. Chapman that stars Ken Curtis and Robert Hays[11]

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