''The Sagebrush Lady'' is a 1925 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

Eileen Sedgwick Eileen Sedgwick (October 17, 1898 – March 15, 1991) was an American actress of the silent era. Biography Born in 1898, Sedgwick was in her first film in 1914 and appeared in more than 110 films during her 15-year career. She was the sist ...

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, and Jack Richardson.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Harmony Hayden, a government agent, arrives in the area in disguise to check the operation of cattle rustlers around Paula Loring's

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. His identity is not suspected by the local people. Neighboring rancherman Tom Doyle schemes to marry Paula. The young woman saves Harmony from being

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after being suspected of being a holdup man after he said that he was her fiance. Tom Doyle's foreman is foiled by Harmony in an attempt to kidnap Paula. Having broken up the gang, Harmony remains after becoming Paula's husband.

Cast

as Paula Loring *

as Doyle's Foreman * Jack Richardson as Tom Doyle * Eddie Barry as Harmony Hayden * William Steele as Sheriff Martin

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1925 films 1925 Western (genre) films American silent feature films Silent American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by Horace B. Carpenter Chesterfield Pictures films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{silent-film-stub