Pioneer Trails

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Pioneer Trails
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Directed by David Smith
Written by C. Graham Baker
Starring Cullen Landis
Alice Calhoun
Bertram Grassby
CinematographyW. Steve Smith Jr.
Production
company
Distributed byVitagraph Company of America
Release date
  • November 11, 1923 (1923-11-11)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Pioneer Trails is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by David Smith and starring Cullen Landis, Alice Calhoun, and Bertram Grassby. [1]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [2] the lure of gold draws Robert Dale, his wife, and their son Jack over the prairie. The party is attacked by Indians and all save Jack are killed. He is adopted by another member of his party but, being only four years old, does not know his last name. Twenty years later he finds himself in love with a young woman, but, not knowing his origin, he dares not declare his love. She finally takes the initiative in her own hands, declares herlove, and is finally accepted, peculiar circumstances having by this time established Jack's birth and origin.

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References

  1. Connelly, Robert B. (1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. Vol. 40 (2nd ed.). December Press. p. 396. ISBN   0913204366.
  2. "Tried and Proven Pictures: Pioneer Trails". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York, NY: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 33. April 19, 1924. Retrieved November 18, 2022.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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