''Sand!'' is a 1920 American
silent Western
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film directed by
Lambert Hillyer
Lambert Harwood Hillyer (July 8, 1893 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director and screenwriter.
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Lambert Harwood Hillyer was born July 8, 1893, in Tyner, Indiana. His mother was character actress Lydia Knott. A graduate of ...
and written by Lambert Hillyer based upon the Russell A. Boggs short story "Dan Kurrie’s Inning."
[Progressive Silent Film List: ''Sand!''](_blank)
at silentera.com The film stars William S. Hart,
Mary Thurman
Mary Thurman (née Christiansen; April 27, 1895 – December 22, 1925) was an American actress of the silent film era.
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Mary Christiansen was born in Richfield, Utah on April 27, 1895, one of seven children raised in the Church of ...
,
G. Raymond Nye
G. Raymond Nye (April 13, 1889 – July 23, 1965) was an American film actor whose career began in silent era and lasted until the 1950s. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1912 and 1952.
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Nye was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylva ...
,
Patricia Palmer
Ella Margaret Gibson (September 14, 1894 – October 21, 1964) was an American stage and silent-film actress who had leading roles in Vitagraph Westerns, often opposite William Clifford. She also appeared with Charles Ray in ''The Coward'' (1 ...
, Bill Patton, and S.J. Bingham. It was released on June 20, 1920, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Cast
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William S. Hart
William Surrey Hart (December 6, 1864 – June 23, 1946) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is remembered as a foremost Western star of the silent era who "imbued all of his characters with honor and integ ...
as Dan Kurrie
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Mary Thurman
Mary Thurman (née Christiansen; April 27, 1895 – December 22, 1925) was an American actress of the silent film era.
Early life
Mary Christiansen was born in Richfield, Utah on April 27, 1895, one of seven children raised in the Church of ...
as Margaret Young
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G. Raymond Nye
G. Raymond Nye (April 13, 1889 – July 23, 1965) was an American film actor whose career began in silent era and lasted until the 1950s. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1912 and 1952.
Biography
Nye was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylva ...
as Joseph Garber
*
Patricia Palmer
Ella Margaret Gibson (September 14, 1894 – October 21, 1964) was an American stage and silent-film actress who had leading roles in Vitagraph Westerns, often opposite William Clifford. She also appeared with Charles Ray in ''The Coward'' (1 ...
as Josie Kirkwood
* Bill Patton as Pete Beckett
* S. J. Bingham as Superintendent Trap
Survival status
Copies of the film are in the
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and
George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection
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.
Reception
The film received a positive review in
The Film Daily
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, stating that it as a whole was a "Virile western subject that has some very pleasing bits; will sure to please Bill Hart fans".
Burns Mantle, writing for
Photoplay Magazine, gave it a mixed review, stating that "A better Western than 'Human Stuff' is William S. Hart's 'Sand,' but this, too, is below the Hart standard - the standard, at least, established by 'The Toll-Gate.'"
Moving Picture World
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I ...
reported that president
Woodrow Wilson
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had seen the film and had enjoyed it.
References
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1920s English-language films
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