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Riders of the Purple Sage
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6470 feet
Directed by Frank Lloyd

Cast: William Farnum [Lassiter], William Scott [Venters], Marc Robbins [Dyer], Murdock MacQuarrie [Tull], Mary Mersch [Jane Withersteen], Katherine Adams [Mille Erne], Nancy Caswell [Fay Larkin], J. Holmes [Jerry Card], Charles Clary, Jack Nelson, Charles Jones (Buck Jones)

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [A Fox De Luxe Production; Fox Standard Pictures]. / Scenario by Frank Lloyd, from the novel Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey. Cinematography by Billy Foster. Presented by William Fox. / © 1 September 1918 (as The Riders of the Purple Sage) by William Fox [LP12794]. Released 1 September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Sequel: The Rainbow Trail (1918). The novel was subsequently filmed as Riders of the Purple Sage (1925).

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 June 2010.

References: Shipman-Cinema p. 89 : Website-AFI.