By the Sun's Rays

The 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...

Genre: Western, Action

Stars: Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney, Seymour Hastings, Agnes Vernon, Richard Rosson, Eddie Lyons

Crew: Charles Giblyn (Director), Tod Browning (Director)

Country: United States of America

Language: No Language

Studio: Nestor Film Company

Runtime: 11 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Jul 21, 1914

IMDb: 6.2

Keywords:undercover, gold mine, bandit, silent film, outlaw gang, short film

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