By the Sun's Rays

By the Sun's Rays

1914
11m
4.8

4.8/10

13 votes • View on IMDb
Western Action
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...

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Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nestor Film Company
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
No Language

Keywords

undercover gold mine bandit silent film outlaw gang short film

Quick Facts

Release Date July 21, 1914
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0003734

Cast

Murdock MacQuarrie
Murdock MacQuarrie

John Murdock, the Detective

Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney

Frank Lawler, the Clerk

Seymour Hastings
Seymour Hastings

John Davis - Supt. of Mines

Agnes Vernon
Agnes Vernon

Dora Davis - John's Daughter

Richard Rosson
Richard Rosson

The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)

Eddie Lyons
Eddie Lyons

Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)

Key Crew

Charles Giblyn
Director