''The Desert's Toll'' is a 1926 American silent

Western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by Clifford Smith and starring

Kathleen Key Kathleen Key (born Kitty Lanahan; April 1, 1903 – December 22, 1954) was an American actress who achieved a brief period of fame during the silent era. She is best remembered for playing Tirzah in the 1925 film ''Ben-Hur''. Early life and care ...

Francis McDonald Francis McDonald (August 22, 1891 – September 18, 1968) was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years. Early years Born on August 22, 1891, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, McDonald was the son of John Francis McDonald and Catherine Ashlu ...

, and

Tom Santschi Paul William "Tom" Santschi (October 24, 1880 – April 9, 1931) was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era. Personal life Santschi was born in Missouri to Paul Santschi, a Swiss immigrant, and Margaret Kern, a nat ...

.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Desert's Toll''
at silentera.com

Plot

Frank Darwin (Francis McDonald) needs to convince Muriel (Kathleen Key) he did not kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper (Tom Santschi) and Oneta (Anna May Wong).

Cast

Preservation

A print of ''The Desert's Toll'' is preserved in the

George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection The George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection in Rochester, New York comprises about 28,000 titles, including features, shorts, documentaries, newsreels, and experimental moving images. The collection is renowned for its holdings of silent f ...

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* 1926 films 1926 Western (genre) films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films American black-and-white films Films directed by C lifford Smith 1926 drama films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub