By Proxy (1918)
Comedy, Western | 21 July 1918
Cast:
Roy Stewart, Maude Wayne, Walter Perry [ More ]Director:
Cliff SmithWriter:
Cinema ExchangeProduction Company:
Triangle Film Corp.Exhibitors Herald and Motography announced that Triangle was releasing By Proxy, "the third in a series of the Henry Wallace Phillips 'Red' Saunders stories with Roy Stewart starring....It tells of the clean, clear, brisk west with lots of fun and a romance which through mistaken identity 'Red Saunders...at last wins for himself a bride." The item identified the Cinema Exchange as the source of the film's scenario.
By Proxy was the first of two films Triange released the week of 21 July 1918; the second was False Ambition, starring Alma Rubens (see entry).
Previously Harry Carey had appeared as Red Saunders in The Fighting Gringo, a Universal feature made in 1917. Henry Wallace Phillips wrote many short stories in McClure's Magazine as well as novels featuring the Red Saunders character. He also was known to have written directly for the screen, and it is unclear whether or not this particular story had been published previously.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
Exhibitors Herald and Motography announced that Triangle was releasing By Proxy, "the third in a series of the Henry Wallace Phillips 'Red' Saunders stories with Roy Stewart starring....It tells of the clean, clear, brisk west with lots of fun and a romance which through mistaken identity 'Red Saunders...at last wins for himself a bride." The item identified the Cinema Exchange as the source of the film's scenario.
By Proxy was the first of two films Triange released the week of 21 July 1918; the second was False Ambition, starring Alma Rubens (see entry).
Previously Harry Carey had appeared as Red Saunders in The Fighting Gringo, a Universal feature made in 1917. Henry Wallace Phillips wrote many short stories in McClure's Magazine as well as novels featuring the Red Saunders character. He also was known to have written directly for the screen, and it is unclear whether or not this particular story had been published previously.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Bashful ranch hand Aleck is in love. To help him get his girl, Red Saunders goes to town and convinces Lindy, whom Red thinks is the object of Aleck's affections, to come to the ranch. Meanwhile, Ah Sing, "the ranch Chinaman," steals the cowboys' clothes and pawns them. Red and Lindy meet with Ah Sing and the pursuing, half-clad cowboys at a gambling hall and regain the lost clothing. Red discovers he has brought the wrong girl, but the situation brightens when she consents to his ...
Bashful ranch hand Aleck is in love. To help him get his girl, Red Saunders goes to town and convinces Lindy, whom Red thinks is the object of Aleck's affections, to come to the ranch. Meanwhile, Ah Sing, "the ranch Chinaman," steals the cowboys' clothes and pawns them. Red and Lindy meet with Ah Sing and the pursuing, half-clad cowboys at a gambling hall and regain the lost clothing. Red discovers he has brought the wrong girl, but the situation brightens when she consents to his proposal.
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