Riders of the Range (1923 film) explained

Riders of the Range
Story:Courtney Ryley Cooper
Director:Otis B. Thayer
Studio:Art-O-Graf
Starring:Edmund Cobb, Dolly Dale, Helen Hayes
Producer:Roy M. Langdon
Cinematography:W. E. Smith
Distributor:Truart Film
Country:United States
Language:Silent
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Riders of the Range is a 1923 American silent Western film presented by Clifford S. Efelt, directed by Otis B. Thayer, and starring Edmund Cobb, Dolly Dale, Helen Hayes and Frank Gallagher. The film was shot in Colorado by Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company.[1] [2] It was a Roy M. Langdon Production. The film was released on VHS by Grapevine Video.

Plot

A growing number of cattle raids prompts the cattlemen to call on their cattlemen's association president Martin Lethbridge to investigate. Sheep Ranchers are suspected, who led by Gregg Randall blame the cattlemen for increased casualties among the sheep herds. Letherbridge falls in love with Randall's daughter, Dolly, and eventually exposes Blunt Vanier as the cause of the conflict.

Cast

Crew

Notes and References

  1. "A Guide to Silent Westerns" By Larry Langman, Greenwood Publishing Group, January 1, 1992, page 369
  2. "Genre and Hollywood" By Stephen Neale, Psychology Press, 2000, page 25