The Red Rider (1925 film)

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The Red Rider
Directed by Clifford Smith
Starring Jack Hoxie
Mary McAllister
Jack Pratt
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
August 2, 1925
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Red Rider is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith. [1] It is not known whether the film currently survives. [2]

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Plot

Indian chief White Elk prevents Chief Black Panther from looting a train. He is engaged to an Indian princess but falls in love with a white girl. White Elk gets tricked into signing away his tribe's lands, and is also nearly murdered in the process, but he escapes. He is told that he is not Indian, but rather a white person who was adopted by Native Americans. The white girl White Elk is in love with is kidnapped by Indians, and placed into a canoe that is to go over a waterfall. White Elk saves her, and the Indian princess sacrifices herself in the process. White Elk and the white girl then decide to marry. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Red Rider (1925)". tcm.com. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. "Progressive Silent Film List:The Red Rider". silentera.com. Retrieved April 1, 2021.