By the Sun's Rays (1914)

Directed by

Charles Giblyn, Tod Browning

Genre

drama film, Western film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

11 min

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A corrupt bank manager schemes in a small Western town. A detective works to uncover the criminal plot and bring justice.

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What happens

By the Sun's Rays is a 1914 American short silent Western film directed by Charles Giblyn and featuring Lon Chaney and Murdock MacQuarrie. It is one of the earliest surviving films of Lon Chaney, with several prints existing in private film collections and a video release in 1995. A still from the film exists showing Lon Chaney in the role of the villainous "Frank Lawlor". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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