A 50-minute silent Western where a clerk finds his spine — if you can find the film first.
Acting
Jean Arthur's earliest surviving? Who knows, it's GONE.
Production
Richard Thorpe directed 180+ films. This one escaped.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roughly 75% of silent films are lost; Westerns were especially disposable, churned out weekly for rural theaters.
Hal Taliaferro used 'Wally Wales' for B-Westerns but his real name for A-pictures — class anxiety, meta-acted.
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