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In the Sage Brush Country
Also known as Landevejskongen in Denmark; A Sage Brush vidékén in Hungary : [Mr. Nobody]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by William S. Hart

Cast: William S. Hart [Jim Brandon], Rhea Mitchell [Edith Wilding], Herschel Mayall [Frank Wilding], Thomas Kurihara (Kisaburô Kurihara) [Juan], [?] Frank Borzage?

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince, from a screen story by C. Gardner Sullivan and Thomas H. Ince. Assistant director, Clifford S. Smith (Clifford Smith). / The production was shot between 2-7 November 1914. Released 25 December 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Denmark as Landevejskongen on 11 December 1922.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Frank Wilding, owner of the Lost Hope mine, is just setting out for the mine with the pay budget, when the stage arrives and reports another hold-up. Afraid to venture with the money, he entrusts his errand to Edith, his wife, as he figures the bandits may not suspect a woman of carrying so large a sum. She is followed in the stage by Jim Brandon, a bandit in disguise. Jim defends her from the attentions of a drunken gambler, and wins her confidence. Later, the coach is attacked by Juan, a Mexican thief, who robs the driver and Brandon, and tells Edith that he will take nothing from her save a kiss. Though her money is safe, she resents the insult and she slaps the thief across the mouth. Ordering her companions to drive on. Juan drags her to a deserted shack. Brandon returns on their trial, arriving just in time to rescue Edith.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 April 2020.

References: Koszarski-Hart p. 11 : Website-IMDb.

 
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