| The Heritage of the Desert | |
| Director: | Irvin Willat |
| Producer: | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring: | Bebe Daniels Ernest Torrence Noah Beery |
| Cinematography: | Charles Schoenbaum |
| Editing: | Howard Hawks |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Heritage of the Desert is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey. It stars Bebe Daniels, Ernest Torrence, and Noah Beery.[1] The film was released by Paramount Pictures with sequences filmed in an early Technicolor process.[1]
As described in a film magazine review,[2] Jack Hare, an Eastern lad, reaches an outlaw settlement in the far West, and is cast out into the desert by Holderness. Jack is rescued by settler August Naab, against whom Holderness holds a grudge. Jack and Mescal, a ward of August, fall in love, although she is engaged to marry August's youngest son. The latter is killed by Holderness, who kidnaps Mescal. August and his Indian allies raid the outlaw settlement and destroy it. Holderness tries to escape on horseback with Mescal, but Jack pursues and collides with him while on the edge of a precipice, and Holderness plunges to his death. Jack and Mescal are reunited.
A complete print of The Heritage of the Desert is maintained in the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.[3]
