By the Sun's Rays

Overview

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 21, 1914

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Nestor Film Company

Cast

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

Director

Charles Giblyn

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0003734