A wagon train heading west across the great desert runs out of water, and is attacked by Indians. One man -- their last hope -- is sent out to find water.
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Blanche Sweet as Mary
Charles West as Jim
Joseph Graybill as John - Mary's Suitor
Francis J. Grandon as John's Friend / In Wagon Train
Alfred Paget as The Indian / In Wagon Train
John T. Dillon as Cavalry Officer
Robert Harron as In Wagon Train
Dell Henderson as Undetermined Role
D.W. Griffith Director
Bret Harte Story
Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
United States 26 July 1911
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31 October 1917
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19 February 1923
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07 December 1919
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23 March 1911
The punchers of the XL outfit are wild with joy, 'cause Mary, the idol of the ranch, is comin' home from college.
10 April 1911
From a window in Fabiola's house, Sebastian watches the Christians being taken to their cells, and as he listens to the shrieks and curses of the multitude his heart is stirred with pity.
28 December 1911
While painting the demure little model, Vera, who sat for him day after day, Reginald Spencer was unconscious of the fact that she was falling very deeply in love with him.
09 June 1911
A young millionaire, whose hobby is mechanics, takes his newly overhauled car out for a trial spin, and he would have laughed had anybody told him that it was to be the most eventful trip of his life.
13 August 1911
A cabin-boy gets to take center stage during a riotous adventure story involving mutineers and pirates and buried treasure.
19 January 1911
The cook has been the bane of many a family, but when it comes to stirring up a western ranch and getting the goats of the cowpunchers there is going to be something doing, and the doing of the something is full of interest, to wit: The cook is not satisfactory and the boys strike for a new "chef.
09 May 1911
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18 February 1911
A capable but homely new hire becomes ill and recommends her beautiful cousin during leave. The bosses and clerk get a surprise at the end.
15 February 1911
Billy and His Pal, released on February 16, 1911, is about a cowboy, Jim (Francis Ford), who is idolised by young Billy (actress Edith Storey in drag).
12 January 1911
Lorna is a woman and she is all business when it comes to running the "L.L." Ranch and she has no trouble in handling it and the "boys" who work for her, especially "Jeff," her foreman, who gives her a hand.
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