28 August 1927 Western 200 mins
Exciting late-silent 10-episode serial, with all the hallmarks of the genre, including daring cavalry rescues, gold robbers and, of course, the beautiful white girl being burned at the stake by indians. Later re-edited into a feature-length film of the same name.
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Allene Ray as Mary Selby
Walter Miller as Laramie
James Robert Chandler as Clyde Selby
Jack Ganzhorn as Henry Selby
Frank Lackteen as The Hawk
Paul Panzer as Manson
J. Parks Jones as Lt. MacCready
United States 28 August 1927
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