Pioneer Trails

Pioneer Trails
Pioneer Trails
	Lobby card
Directed by	David Smith
Written by	C. Graham Baker
Starring	Cullen Landis; Alice Calhoun; Bertram Grassby
Cinematography	W. Steve Smith Jr.
Production; company	Vitagraph Company of America
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	November 11, 1923;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Pioneer Trails is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by David Smith and starring Cullen Landis, Alice Calhoun, and Bertram Grassby.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[2] the lure of gold draws Robert Dale, his wife, and their son Jack over the prairie. The party is attacked by Indians and all save Jack are killed. He is adopted by another member of his party but, being only four years old, does not know his last name. Twenty years later he finds himself in love with a young woman, but, not knowing his origin, he dares not declare his love. She finally takes the initiative in her own hands, declares herlove, and is finally accepted, peculiar circumstances having by this time established Jack's birth and origin.

Cast

Cullen Landis as Jack Dale / Jack Plains
Alice Calhoun as Rose Miller
Bertram Grassby as Philip Blaney
Otis Harlan as 'Easy Aaron' Cropsey
T.D. Crittenden as Rodney Miller
Virginia True Boardman as Mrs. Salter
Aggie Herring as 'Laundry Lou'
Nelson McDowell as Parson
Joe Rickson as The Sheriff

References

^ Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. Vol. 40 (2nd ed.). December Press. p. 396. ISBN 0913204366.
^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: Pioneer Trails". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York, NY: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 33. April 19, 1924. Retrieved November 18, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 709. ISBN 0520209699.

External links

Pioneer Trails at IMDb

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[1] Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. Vol. 40 (2nd ed.). December Press. p. 396. ISBN 0913204366.

[2] "Tried and Proven Pictures: Pioneer Trails". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York, NY: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 33. April 19, 1924. Retrieved November 18, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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