The Crimson Challenge (1922)
Western | 23 April 1922
Director:
Paul PowellWriter:
Beulah Marie DixCinematographer:
Harry PerryProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.The 24 December 1921 Moving Picture World announced that director Paul Powell was shooting interiors for Tharon of Lost Valley that week. Filming was based at the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. studio in Hollywood, CA, as noted in the 26 December 1921 Paramount Pep. Location shooting was planned to take place at the 55,000-acre Crocker-Huffman ranch outside Merced, CA. Due to the prevalence of flint rock at the ranch, horses used for the shoot had to be shod with copper shoes instead of the typical steel ones, which could spark fires when struck against flint.
A title change to The Crimson Challenge was announced in the 4 March 1922 Motion Picture News, which noted that filming had recently ended. A scheduled release date of 23 April 1922 was reported in the 22 April 1922 Motion Picture News.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019. ...
The 24 December 1921 Moving Picture World announced that director Paul Powell was shooting interiors for Tharon of Lost Valley that week. Filming was based at the Famous Players-Lasky Corp. studio in Hollywood, CA, as noted in the 26 December 1921 Paramount Pep. Location shooting was planned to take place at the 55,000-acre Crocker-Huffman ranch outside Merced, CA. Due to the prevalence of flint rock at the ranch, horses used for the shoot had to be shod with copper shoes instead of the typical steel ones, which could spark fires when struck against flint.
A title change to The Crimson Challenge was announced in the 4 March 1922 Motion Picture News, which noted that filming had recently ended. A scheduled release date of 23 April 1922 was reported in the 22 April 1922 Motion Picture News.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this film on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of October 2019.
In the cattle town of Lost Valley, Buck Courtrey, saloon owner and political boss, covets Tharon Last, daughter of Jim Last, a small rancher. When rebuffed, he has Jim killed. Tharon swears revenge with her father's own guns and organizes a vigilante band to check Courtrey's activities. Learning that she loves Billy, a cowpuncher, Courtrey kidnaps and threatens to kill him unless Tharon agrees to marry Courtrey following his divorce from Ellen. Courtrey's wife informs Tharon of Billy's whereabouts, and she rescues him in time to join the townspeople attacking Courtrey's gang. Courtrey is pursued by Tharon, who kills him and returns to become Billy's ...
In the cattle town of Lost Valley, Buck Courtrey, saloon owner and political boss, covets Tharon Last, daughter of Jim Last, a small rancher. When rebuffed, he has Jim killed. Tharon swears revenge with her father's own guns and organizes a vigilante band to check Courtrey's activities. Learning that she loves Billy, a cowpuncher, Courtrey kidnaps and threatens to kill him unless Tharon agrees to marry Courtrey following his divorce from Ellen. Courtrey's wife informs Tharon of Billy's whereabouts, and she rescues him in time to join the townspeople attacking Courtrey's gang. Courtrey is pursued by Tharon, who kills him and returns to become Billy's wife.
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