π Overview:
The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...
π Languages Available:
No Language
π Date Released:
1914-07-21
β Running Time:
11 mins
β Vote Average:
4.8
Beloved Cast
John Murdock, the Detective
Murdock MacQuarrie
Frank Lawler, the Clerk
Lon Chaney
John Davis - Supt. of Mines
Seymour Hastings
Dora Davis - John's Daughter
Agnes Vernon
The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)
Richard Rosson
Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)
Eddie Lyons