A 1927 Western so lost, even the desert couldn't find it.
Following the "no good deed goes unpunished" idiom, when after rescuing a group of settlers, hero Don Miguel Arguella is double-crossed by the group leader who files a claim on his land and makes a move towards his girlfriend. Sadly, this is a lost film.
Acting
Fred Thomson's silent smolder — the original strong, silent type.
Direction
Lloyd Ingraham squeezing melodrama from 60 minutes of celluloid.
Director
Lloyd Ingraham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fred Thomson was a real-life minister before becoming a Western star, bringing actual moral authority to his heroic roles.
Lost films like this haunt cinema history — roughly 75% of silent features are gone forever, victims of neglect and nitrate decay.
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