The Aryan (1916)
- Directed by
- Clifford Smith, Reginald Barker, William S. Hart
- Genre
- Western film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 50 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A lone cowboy is betrayed and becomes an outlaw. He leads a gang of criminals in a remote desert town.
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What happens
The Aryan is a 1916 American silent Western film starring William S. Hart, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum, and Bessie Love. The film was directed primarily by William S. Hart and produced by Thomas H. Ince, with Hart also starring in the lead role. Though assisted by Reginald Barker and Clifford Smith, Hart largely oversaw the direction himself. His combined salary as actor and director was $150 per week (equivalent to $4,000 in 2025). A partial print of the film survives in the Library of Congress, and was restored at the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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