A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Vola Vale and William S. Hart. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: William S. Hart [‘Silent’ Budd Marr], Vola Vale [Betty Bryce], Robert McKim [‘Handsome’ Jack Pressley], Harold Goodwin [David Bryce], J.P. Lockney [‘Grubstake’ Higgins], George P. Nichols [‘Preaching’ Bill Hardy], Gertrude Claire [Mrs. Hardy], Milton Ross [Ames Mitchell], Dorcas Matthews [Topaz]

William S. Hart Productions, Incorporated (Thomas H. Ince Corporation) production; distributed by Artcraft Pictures Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [An Artcraft Picture]. / Scenario by Charles Kenyon, from a screen story by Charles Kenyon. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Assistant director, Lambert Hillyer. Cinematography by Joe August (Joseph H. August). Presented by Thomas H. Ince. / © 14 November 1917 by Thomas H. Ince Studios (Thomas H. Ince Corporation) [LP11713]. Released 26 November 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Desert Dust.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; and in the Film Preservation Associates film collection (Blackhawk Films collection) [35mm fine-grain restoration positive (from a 35mm nitrate positive and a 16mm reduction positive)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 21 December 2024.

References: Koszarski-Hart pp. ix, xix, 77-80; Limbacher-Feature p. 223 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-NFPF.

Home video: DVD.