''The Sunset Legion'' is a
lost
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1928 American
silent Western
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film directed by
Lloyd Ingraham
Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham (November 30, 1874 – April 4, 1956) was an American film actor and director.
Biography
Born in Rochelle, Illinois, Ingraham appeared in more than 280 films between 1912 and 1950, as well as directing more than 100 f ...
and
Alfred L. Werker
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, written by
Garrett Graham
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Early years
Graham attended Brick Memorial ...
and
Frances Marion
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, and starring
Fred Thomson
Frederick Clifton Thomson (February 26, 1890 – December 25, 1928) was an American silent film cowboy who rivaled Tom Mix in popularity before dying at age 38 of tetanus.
Birth and athletic achievement
Born in Pasadena, California to Clara ...
,
Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy (November 17, 1899 – August 3, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 80 films between 1918 and 1933. Murphy was voted "Most Photographed Movie Star of 1925" by '' ScreenLand Magazine''.
For part of ...
,
William Courtright
William Courtright (February 10, 1848 – March 6, 1933) was an American film actor.
Early years
He was born Theodore Courtright in New Milford, Illinois, and was educated in the public schools of Ione, California. When he was 16, he ran ...
, and
Harry Woods. It was released on April 21, 1928, by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Cast
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Fred Thomson
Frederick Clifton Thomson (February 26, 1890 – December 25, 1928) was an American silent film cowboy who rivaled Tom Mix in popularity before dying at age 38 of tetanus.
Birth and athletic achievement
Born in Pasadena, California to Clara ...
as Masked Rider / Whittling Cowboy
*
Edna Murphy
Edna Murphy (November 17, 1899 – August 3, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 80 films between 1918 and 1933. Murphy was voted "Most Photographed Movie Star of 1925" by '' ScreenLand Magazine''.
For part of ...
as Susan
*
William Courtright
William Courtright (February 10, 1848 – March 6, 1933) was an American film actor.
Early years
He was born Theodore Courtright in New Milford, Illinois, and was educated in the public schools of Ione, California. When he was 16, he ran ...
as Old Bill
*
Harry Woods as Honest John
* Silver King the Horse as Silver
*
Slim Whitaker
Charles Orbie "Slim" Whitaker (July 29, 1893 – June 27, 1960) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 340 films between 1914 and 1949. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart at ...
as Bartender (uncredited)
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1928 films
1920s English-language films
1928 Western (genre) films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Films directed by Alfred L. Werker
American black-and-white films
Lost Western (genre) films
Lost American films
1928 lost films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s American films
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