''Three Who Paid'' is a 1923 American silent Western film film directed by

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, and starring Dustin Farnum, with Bessie Love and Frank Campeau. The film was based on the 1922 short story by George Owen Baxter, and was produced and distributed through

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. The film is presumed

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Plot

Riley Sinclair (Farnum) seeks to avenge the death of his brother, whose three companions – Quade, Sanderson, and Lowrie – left him to die in the desert. Two of the three men die, and the third is spared so that he can confess to the crime. Sinclair helps John Caspar (Love), a schoolteacher, who is actually a rich young woman who is trying to get away from her opportunist husband. When her identity is revealed, she and Sinclair fall in love.

Cast

* Dustin Farnum as Riley Sinclair * Bessie Love as Virginia Cartright / John Caspar *

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as Jim Quade * Frank Campeau as Ed Sanderson * Robert Daly as Sam Lowrie *

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as Jude Cartright *

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as Hal Sinclair

Production

In November 1922, scenes were filmed in

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. Production was delayed when Bessie Love, who was responsible for her own wardrobe, forgot to bring spirit gum to hold her wig, the prop man gave her LePage's glue, which adhered the wig to her head.

Release and reception

The film was "a first rate production", but had issues. For the parts of the film when her character is masquerading as a man, Bessie Love was deemed unconvincing. Overall, the film received mixed reviews.Negative reviews: * * * On its release, some theaters showed the film with the

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short ''Nobody's Darling''.

References

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External links

* * * {{Colin Campbell 1923 Western (genre) films 1923 lost films 1923 films American black-and-white films Films based on short fiction Films directed by Colin Campbell Films shot in California Fox Film films Lost American films Lost Western (genre) films Melodrama films Silent American Western (genre) films Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland 1920s American films Silent American drama films