Cast:
Bebe Daniels , Ernest Torrence, Noah Beery [ More ]Director:
Irvin WillatWriter:
Albert Shelby Le VinoCinematographer:
Charles E. SchoenbaumProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.In a column called “A Letter From Location” that ran in the Mar 1924 Picture-Play, actress Bebe Daniels wrote that she was one of about seventy cast and crew members living at a tent camp in the wilds, "one hundred miles from Flagstaff, Arizona," on what appeared to be a Navajo Indian reservation. She mentioned that Otto Brower was assistant director. ...
In a column called “A Letter From Location” that ran in the Mar 1924 Picture-Play, actress Bebe Daniels wrote that she was one of about seventy cast and crew members living at a tent camp in the wilds, "one hundred miles from Flagstaff, Arizona," on what appeared to be a Navajo Indian reservation. She mentioned that Otto Brower was assistant director.
Pioneer rancher August Naab finds easterner Jack Hare in the desert and takes him home. There, Mescal, Naab's Spanish-Indian ward, cares for and falls in love with Jack, although she is betrothed to Naab's wayward son, Snap. To avoid marrying Snap, Mescal flees to the desert and is captured by desert pirate Mal Holderness, a ruthless man seeking to control the water rights of the surrounding area by buying or seizing local ranches. Because Naab has refused to sell, Holderness begins a feud, taking Mescal prisoner and killing Snap, the prospective bridegroom, who has followed Mescal into the desert. As the leader of the law-abiding community, August Naab, with a group of sympathetic Indians, burns down the neighboring town serving as a hideout for Holderness and his gang. Mescal is rescued and returned to ...
Pioneer rancher August Naab finds easterner Jack Hare in the desert and takes him home. There, Mescal, Naab's Spanish-Indian ward, cares for and falls in love with Jack, although she is betrothed to Naab's wayward son, Snap. To avoid marrying Snap, Mescal flees to the desert and is captured by desert pirate Mal Holderness, a ruthless man seeking to control the water rights of the surrounding area by buying or seizing local ranches. Because Naab has refused to sell, Holderness begins a feud, taking Mescal prisoner and killing Snap, the prospective bridegroom, who has followed Mescal into the desert. As the leader of the law-abiding community, August Naab, with a group of sympathetic Indians, burns down the neighboring town serving as a hideout for Holderness and his gang. Mescal is rescued and returned to Jack.
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