By the Sun's Rays
4.8191411 min
WesternAction
The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...
Top Cast
Murdock MacQuarrie as John Murdock, the Detective,Lon Chaney as Frank Lawler, the Clerk,Seymour Hastings as John Davis - Supt. of Mines,Agnes Vernon as Dora Davis - John's Daughter,Richard Rosson as The Bandit (as Dick Rosson),Eddie Lyons as Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)
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Production
Nestor Film Company