Desert Gold (1926 film)

Desert Gold
Desert Gold
	Film poster
Directed by	George B. Seitz
Written by	Zane Grey
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky; Adolph Zukor
Starring	Neil Hamilton
Cinematography	Charles Edgar Schoenbaum
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 6, 1926;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Desert Gold is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by George B. Seitz. According to silentera.com the film survives while Arne Andersen Lost Film Files has it as a lost film.^[2]^[3] Portions of the film were shot near Palm Springs, California.^[4]^: 168–71 It is based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Zane Grey.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[5] George Thorne is a young army lieutenant at a border post. He is in love with Mercedes Castanada who, in the lawless life about the fort, is always in danger of falling into the hands of Snake Landree's bandit gang that is the terror of the region. Into the life of the post comes Dick Gale, a man from the East who is soon engaged in a battle for the heart of the girl, whom he has quickly come to love. He aids her in a battle with the desperados. They escape onto the desert and are lost in a sandstorm. They are rescued by the lieutenant, whom, the young woman confesses to the other man, she loves. The Easterner accepts his defeat in the struggle for her affections.

Cast

Neil Hamilton as George Thorne
Shirley Mason as Mercedes Castanada
Robert Frazer as Dick Gale
William Powell as Snake Landree
Josef Swickard as Sebastian Castaneda
George Irving as Richard Stanton Gale
Eddie Gribbon as One-Found Kelley
Frank Lackteen as Yaqui
Richard Howard as Sergeant
Bernard Siegel as Goat Herder
Aline Goodwin as Alarcon's Wife
Ralph Yearsley as Halfwit
George Regas as Verd

References

^ The San Francisco Examiner 3 Mar 1926, p 13.
^ Hal Erickson (2012). "NY Times: Desert Gold". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Desert Gold". silentera.com. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
^ Niemann, Greg (2006). Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis. San Diego, CA: Sunbelt Publications. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-932653-74-1. OCLC 61211290. (here for Table of Contents)
^ "New Pictures: Desert Gold". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (8). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 69–70 February 6, 1926. Retrieved March 14, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Desert Gold at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Desert Gold at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] The San Francisco Examiner 3 Mar 1926, p 13.

[NY_Times-2] Hal Erickson (2012). "NY Times: Desert Gold". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2011.

[silentera-3] "Progressive Silent Film List: Desert Gold". silentera.com. Retrieved June 19, 2011.

[Niemann-4] Niemann, Greg (2006). Palm Springs Legends: Creation of a Desert Oasis. San Diego, CA: Sunbelt Publications. p. 286. ISBN 978-0-932653-74-1. OCLC 61211290. (here for Table of Contents)

[EH-5] "New Pictures: Desert Gold". Exhibitors Herald. 24 (8). Chicago: Exhibitors Herald Co.: 69–70 February 6, 1926. Retrieved March 14, 2023. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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