SILENT FILMS 1916-1920: THE SILVER HORDE (1920)
CREDITS
Released: April 30, 1920
Production Company: Eminent Authors Pictures Inc.
Featured Cast: Myrtle Stedman, Curtis Cooksey, Betty Blythe, R.D. MacLean, Robert McKim, Hector V. Sarno, Louis Durham, Maurice ‘Lefty’ Flynn, Neola May, Ervin Denecke, Fred R. Stanton, Carl Gerard, Murdock MacQuarrie
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cinematographer: William C. Foster
Writers: Rex Beach (novel), J.E. Nash, Laurence Trimble
Presenter: Rex Beach, Samuel Goldwyn
STORY
Young Easterner Boyd Emerson ventures to Alaska in order to make his fortune and win the girl of his dreams, Mildred Wayland, the daughter of wealthy Wall Street financier Wayne Wayland. Emerson joins forces with Big George Bolt and Cherry Malotté, who are fighting the trust led by Marsh for their share of the salmon catch known as “the silver horde.” Marsh, backed by Wayland, attempts to sabotage the trio’s efforts and then to frustrate Boyd’s courtship of Mildred by fabricating a story that Boyd has fathered an illegitimate child. Marsh’s efforts fail when the three partners corner the salmon market, and Boyd finally discovers that he loves Cherry more than the millionaire’s daughter. (TCM)
TECH
Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length (7 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm