Drums of the Desert Trailer

Drums of the Desert Trailer (1927)

"A big-scale outdoor melodrama-lavishly filmed to depict the mighty human drama of a dying race. 'Twill stir your blood to the quick if you like this k" 04 June 1927 Western 65 mins

John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there is oil to be found on the reservation, evil Will Newton gains entry to the area by posing as a trail guide for Elias Manton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary.

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Cast

Warner Baxter

as John Curry

Marietta Millner

as Mary Manton

Ford Sterling

as Perkins

Wallace MacDonald

as Will Newton

George Irving

as Prof. Elias Manton

Bernard Siegel

as Chief Brave Bear

Guy Oliver

as Indian Agent

Crew

John Waters

Director

Charles Schoenbaum

Charles Schoenbaum Director of Photography

Lloyd Ahern Sr.

Lloyd Ahern Sr. Assistant Camera

International Releases Dates

United States 04 June 1927

Production Companies

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