''Desert Gold'' is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by

T. Hayes Hunter Thomas Hayes Hunter (December 1, 1884 – April 14, 1944) was an American film director and producer of the silent era. He directed a total of 34 films between 1912 and 1934. Early career Hayes was born on December 1, 1884, in Philadelphia ...

and starring

E.K. Lincoln Edward Kline Lincoln (August 8, 1884 - January 9, 1958) was an American silent film actor and director. Lincoln appeared in over 65 silent films and was best known for movies like '' For the Freedom of the World'' (1917), '' The Light in the D ...

, Margery Wilson and Eileen Percy. It is based on the novel of the same title by

Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American fronti ...

.Goble, p. 114. DesertGold-incinema-portlandor-1920

Cast

as Dick Gale * Margery Wilson as Mercedes Castenada * Eileen Percy as Nell * Lawson Butt as The Yaqui * Russell Simpson as Ladd * Walter Long as Rojas * Edward Coxen as Captain George Thorne *

Frank Brownlee Frank Brownlee (October 11, 1874 – February 10, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1911 and 1943. He was born in Dallas, Texas and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Sold ...

as Jonas Warren * Arthur Morrison as Lash * Jeanne Carpenter as Jeanne Carpenter *

Beulah Dark Cloud Beulah Dark Cloud (also known as Beulah Tahamont) was a Native American actress and performer who appeared in several silent films by D. W. Griffith. Biography Beulah Dark Cloud was born Beulah T. Filson on March 28, 1887, in Lake George, New ...

as Papago Indian Mother * Mary Jane Irving as The Child *

Frank Lanning Frank Lanning (August 14, 1872 – June 17, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 84 films between 1910 and 1934. He was born in Marion, Iowa and died in Los Angeles, California. Lanning's film debut came in ''The M ...

as Papago Indian Son * Laura Winston as Mrs. Belding * W.H. Bainbridge as Jim Belding

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* 1919 films 1919 Western (genre) films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by T. Hayes Hunter Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation Pathé Exchange films Films based on American novels Films based on works by Zane Grey Silent American Western (genre) films 1910s American films {{silent-film-stub