The Purple Riders Explained

The Purple Riders
Director:	William Bertram
Starring:	Elinor Field Ernest Shields Charles Dudley
Studio:	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributor:	Vitagraph Company of America
Runtime:	15 chapters
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Purple Riders is a 1922 American silent Western film serial directed by William Bertram and starring Elinor Field, Ernest Shields and Charles Dudley.^[1]

Cast

• Joe Ryan as Sheriff Dick Ranger
• Elinor Field as Betty Marsh
• Ernest Shields as Gerald Marsh
• Walter Rodgers as Stephen Marsh
• Charles Dudley as'Doc' Dreamer
• Maude Emory as Red Feather
• Joe Rickson as Rudolph Myers

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Connelly p.402