Salomy Jane (1923)
Western | 26 August 1923
Director:
George MelfordWriter:
Waldemar YoungCinematographer:
Bert GlennonProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.In a monthly column called "A Letter from Location" in the Sep 1923 Picture-Play, actress Jacqueline Logan discussed living in a hotel in remote Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, where she and the production had already spent a month. Most exteriors were shot twenty-seven miles from Ben Lomond on a U.S. Government redwood preserve called the Big Basin. A street of deserted log cabins was used for the fictional village of "Red Dog."
A review in the 18 Aug 1923 Motion Picture News praised the redwood forest exteriors and the night photography.
Bret Harte's original short story was also the basis for an earlier film called Salomy Jane (1914, see entry). ...
In a monthly column called "A Letter from Location" in the Sep 1923 Picture-Play, actress Jacqueline Logan discussed living in a hotel in remote Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, CA, where she and the production had already spent a month. Most exteriors were shot twenty-seven miles from Ben Lomond on a U.S. Government redwood preserve called the Big Basin. A street of deserted log cabins was used for the fictional village of "Red Dog."
A review in the 18 Aug 1923 Motion Picture News praised the redwood forest exteriors and the night photography.
Bret Harte's original short story was also the basis for an earlier film called Salomy Jane (1914, see entry).
During the northern California gold rush, vigilantes are about to hang The Stranger for holding up the overland stage when Salomy Jane Clay kisses him goodbye. He uses the opportunity to make his escape. Meanwhile Larabee, an old enemy of Jane's father, Madison Clay, is killed, and The Stranger is again accused. Thinking that Salomy shot Larabee, Madison Clay takes the blame, but both he and The Stranger are acquitted when the real culprit is found. Salomy marries The ...
During the northern California gold rush, vigilantes are about to hang The Stranger for holding up the overland stage when Salomy Jane Clay kisses him goodbye. He uses the opportunity to make his escape. Meanwhile Larabee, an old enemy of Jane's father, Madison Clay, is killed, and The Stranger is again accused. Thinking that Salomy shot Larabee, Madison Clay takes the blame, but both he and The Stranger are acquitted when the real culprit is found. Salomy marries The Stranger.
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