The Mysterious Rider (1927 film)

The Mysterious Rider
Film poster
Directed byJohn Waters
Screenplay byPaul Gangelin
Alfred Hustwick
Fred Myton
Based onThe Mysterious Rider
by Zane Grey
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringJack Holt
Betty Jewel
Charles Sellon
CinematographyCharles Edgar Schoenbaum
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 5, 1927 (1927-03-05)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Mysterious Rider is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and written by Paul Gangelin, Zane Grey, Alfred Hustwick, and Fred Myton. The film stars Jack Holt, Betty Jewel, Charles Sellon, David Torrence, Tom Kennedy, Guy Oliver, and Al Hart. The film was released on March 5, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

Based on the Zane Grey novel of the same name, The Mysterious Rider centers around Bent Wade (Jack Holt), a mysterious masked rider who fights to save the homesteads of a colony of desert ranchers from illegal seizure. He eventually falls in love with Dorothy King (Betty Jewel), the daughter of a local financier, after saving her from quicksand.[3][4]

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Mysterious Rider located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.[6]

References

  1. ^ Hal Erickson (2015). "The-Mysterious-Rider - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 9, 2015. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Mysterious Rider". afi.com. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Good Pictures at Palace". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. May 15, 1927. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Mysterious Rider with Jack Holt and Betty Jewel". The Courier-News. June 10, 1927. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Mysterious Rider
  6. ^ The Mysterious Rider at Lost Film Files: Lost Paramount Pictures - 1927
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