Stairs of Sand (1929)

Directed by

Otto Brower

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman find themselves caught in a conflict over water rights in a desert town. The situation forces them to make difficult choices about loyalty and survival.

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What happens

Stairs of Sand is a 1929 American silent Western film starring Wallace Beery, Jean Arthur and Phillips Holmes, made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Otto Brower, and written by Agnes Brand Leahy, Sam Mintz and J. Walter Ruben, based on a novel by Zane Grey. The supporting cast features Fred Kohler and Chester Conklin. Believed to be a lost film, in October 2025, a possible print of the film was discovered in Paramount's silent film holdings. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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