''The Man from Funeral Range'' is a lost 1918 American silent

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film directed by Walter Edwards and written by Monte M. Katterjohn and W.E. Wilkes. The film stars

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, Willis Marks,

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, and George A. McDaniel. The film was released on October 6, 1918, by

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Plot

The story centers around a prospector named Harry Webb who returns to town from the desolate Funeral Range. He falls in love with a cabaret singer, Janice Williams. A series of unfortunate events leads to Harry being falsely accused of a crime he did not commit. To protect Janice, he takes the blame. Sentenced to death, Harry escapes from the train and disappears into the desert. He eventually returns, disguised, with a plan to clear his name. Through a dramatic turn of events, the real culprit is exposed, and Harry's innocence is finally proven. He is reunited with Janice and can finally live a life free from injustice.

Cast

as Harry Webb *

as Janice Williams *

as Dixie * Willis Marks as Joe Budlong *

as Frank Beekman * George A. McDaniel as Mark Brenton * Phil Ainsworth as Freddie Leighton *

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as Colonel Leighton

Reception

Like many American films of the time, ''The Man from Funeral Range'' was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 2, of the young woman shooting the man and, in Reel 4, two scenes of an attack on a guard.

References

External links

*
Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Man from Funeral Range''
at silentera.com
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1918 films 1918 Western (genre) films Paramount Pictures films American black-and-white films English-language Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films 1918 lost films Silent American Western (genre) films Films directed by Walter Edwards 1910s English-language films 1910s American films Lost silent American films {{1910s-US-Western-film-stub