The Rider of the Law (1919)
Western | 3 November 1919
Cast:
Harry Carey, Vesta Pegg, Ted Brooks [ More ]Director:
Jack FordWriters:
H. Tipton Steck, G. B. LancasterProduction Company:
Universal Film Mfg Co.The start of principal photography under the working title, Jim of the Rangers, was announced in the 21 June 1919 Motion Picture News. Two weeks later, the 5 July 1919 issue reported that the final scenes were being completed. An article in the 23 August 1919 Exhibitors Herald and Motography identified one of the shooting locations as lead actor Harry Carey’s ranch in Valencia, CA, approximately thirty minutes from Universal Studios in Universal City, CA, where interior sequences were probably made. The picture’s title had since been changed to The Rider of the Law.
A general release followed on 3 November 1919, preceded by openings on 12 October 1919 at the Strand Theatre in Billings, MT, and on 19 October 1919 at the New Garden Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. A New York City opening followed at Loew’s New York Theatre on 9 November 1919.
An unrelated feature, Riders of the Law, was released in 1922.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
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The start of principal photography under the working title, Jim of the Rangers, was announced in the 21 June 1919 Motion Picture News. Two weeks later, the 5 July 1919 issue reported that the final scenes were being completed. An article in the 23 August 1919 Exhibitors Herald and Motography identified one of the shooting locations as lead actor Harry Carey’s ranch in Valencia, CA, approximately thirty minutes from Universal Studios in Universal City, CA, where interior sequences were probably made. The picture’s title had since been changed to The Rider of the Law.
A general release followed on 3 November 1919, preceded by openings on 12 October 1919 at the Strand Theatre in Billings, MT, and on 19 October 1919 at the New Garden Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. A New York City opening followed at Loew’s New York Theatre on 9 November 1919.
An unrelated feature, Riders of the Law, was released in 1922.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
Jim of the Rangers
The Riders of the Law
Jim Kyneton, once a member of an outlaw gang, joins the Texas Rangers, who order him to arrest his former comrades, including his half-brother Nick, for robbing a gold mine. After Jim reluctantly captures the gang and locks them in a deserted shack, Roseen, a dance hall girl, who Jim saved from saloon keeper Buck Soutar, sets them free. Because Jim has refused her advances, Roseen tells the police that Jim accepted a bribe to release his captives. However, Jim recaptures the entire gang except for Nick, who has chosen suicide over imprisonment. Jim tells his mother that Nick died like a man, then breaks the news to Betty, an orphan raised by their mother, whom he falsely believes was betrothed to Nick. She surprises Jim by admitting that she is in love with him, and he happily reciprocates. ...
Jim Kyneton, once a member of an outlaw gang, joins the Texas Rangers, who order him to arrest his former comrades, including his half-brother Nick, for robbing a gold mine. After Jim reluctantly captures the gang and locks them in a deserted shack, Roseen, a dance hall girl, who Jim saved from saloon keeper Buck Soutar, sets them free. Because Jim has refused her advances, Roseen tells the police that Jim accepted a bribe to release his captives. However, Jim recaptures the entire gang except for Nick, who has chosen suicide over imprisonment. Jim tells his mother that Nick died like a man, then breaks the news to Betty, an orphan raised by their mother, whom he falsely believes was betrothed to Nick. She surprises Jim by admitting that she is in love with him, and he happily reciprocates.
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