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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15 September 1928
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand.
04 October 1915
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04 January 1915
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07 December 1919
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03 March 1911
The setting is the Mexican Revolution and friends Pedro and Alvarez get a message to transport some weapons across the border.
11 December 1911
A film produced to celebrate the coronation of George V as King-Emperor at the Imperial Durbar of 1911.
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.
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.
25 December 1911
She was the first attempt in film to depict the story of H. Rider Haggard's 1886 novel She: A History of Adventure.
31 August 1911
A lost film. Dan Gardner, a young man, is down and out. Arrested as a tramp, he is thrown into jail. He is released with but a single coin in his pocket.
16 February 1911
A young man is tortured by a duke to force his beloved to marry the duke. The woman sacrifices herself, but eventually manages to discourage the duke's attentions.
04 September 1911
A white woodsman rescues Little Dove from danger on two occasions and she crushes out on him... but wiser heads prevail.
20 February 1911
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28 December 1911
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12 July 1911
Two caravans meet on the desert, one headed by Howell and Clancy, two New York men, who are gathering animals for circus purposes, the other is led by an old animal tamer named Desmond and his beautiful daughter, whom the natives have nicknamed Capt.
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