Riders of the Range (1923 film)

Riders of the Range is a 1923 American silent Western film presented by Clifford S. Efelt, directed by Otis B. Thayer, and starring Edmund Cobb, Dolly Dale, Helen Hayes and Frank Gallagher. The film was shot in Colorado by Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company.[1][2] It was a Roy M. Langdon Production. The film was released on VHS by Grapevine Video.

Riders of the Range
Directed byOtis B. Thayer
Story byCourtney Ryley Cooper
Produced byRoy M. Langdon
StarringEdmund Cobb, Dolly Dale, Helen Hayes
CinematographyW. E. Smith
Production
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Art-O-Graf
Distributed byTruart Film
Release date
  • February 15, 1923 (1923-02-15)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

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A growing number of cattle raids prompts the cattlemen to call on their cattlemen's association president Martin Lethbridge to investigate. Sheep Ranchers are suspected, who led by Gregg Randall blame the cattlemen for increased casualties among the sheep herds. Letherbridge falls in love with Randall's daughter, Dolly, and eventually exposes Blunt Vanier as the cause of the conflict.

Cast

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Crew

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References

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  1. ^ "A Guide to Silent Westerns" By Larry Langman, Greenwood Publishing Group, January 1, 1992, page 369
  2. ^ "Genre and Hollywood" By Stephen Neale, Psychology Press, 2000, page 25
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