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film directed by

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and starring

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and Vida Johnson. The film was shot in

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by the Thayer's Art-O-Graf film company."The strong, silent type: over 100 screen cowboys, 1903-1930" by Buck Rainey, McFarland & Company Incorporated Pub, 2004, page 159-160

Plot

A feud between sheepherders and cattlemen heats up when the cattlemen set fire to the sheepherder's homes. The Sheepherder, who is in love with the Cattle Queen's daughter, leads a robbery on the cattlemen's bank. The Sheriff's daughter is impregnated and deserted by the Cattle Queen's daughter's fiancé. The sheepherders rescue her and abduct the Cattle King's daughter to nurse her back to health. The cattlemen track them back to the cabin where everything is revealed and forgiven. And the Cattle Queen's daughter falls in love with the Sheepherder.

Cast

as the Sheepherder * Vida Johnson as his daughter * Clare Hatten as the Cattle Queen *

as the Sheriff * Gretchen Wood as a sheepherder's wife * Zelma Edwards * Frank Gallager * A. E. McCormick * Dave Campbell * Babe Courvoisier * Fred Shafer * Lewis Milner

Crew

Managing Director * Vernon L. Walker Head Cameraman * H. Haller Murphy Cameraman

References

External links

* 1920 films 1920 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Arrow Film Corporation films Films directed by Otis B. Thayer Films shot in Colorado Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{US-silent-Western-film-stub