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By the Sun's Rays
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4.8The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...
Released: 1914-07-2111 minDir: Charles GiblynWestern, Action
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Cast
- Murdock MacQuarrie as John Murdock, the Detective
- Lon Chaney as Frank Lawler, the Clerk
- Seymour Hastings as John Davis - Supt. of Mines
- Agnes Vernon as Dora Davis - John's Daughter
- Richard Rosson as The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)
- Eddie Lyons as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)
Themes
- undercover
- gold mine
- bandit
- silent film
- outlaw gang
- short film
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Charles Giblyn
- Cast member
- Richard Rosson
- Producer
- Tod Browning
- Production company
- Nestor Film Company
- Duration
- 11
- FilmAffinity ID
- 993191
- Image
- MurdockMacQuarrieBytheSunRays1914PDUS.JPG
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- publication date
- 1914-01-01
- title
- By the Sun's Rays
- color
- black-and-white
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- copyright status
- public domain
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