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Silver Spurs
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4500 feet
Directed by Henry McCarty and Leo Meehan (James Leo Meehan)
Cast: Lester Cuneo [Craig Hamilton], Lillian Warde (Lillian Ward) [Rosario del Camarillo], Bert Sprotte [Juan von Rolf], Zala Zorana (Zalla Zarana) [Carmencita], Clark Comstock [White Cloud], Evelyn Selbie [Tehana], Lafe McKee [Jerry Regan], Phil Gastrock [Padre Franeisco], Dorris Willott [Nona von Rolf]
Doubleday Production Company production; distributed by Western Pictures Exploitation Company. / Produced by Ovid M. Doubleday. Scenario by Henry McCarty and Lew Meehan. Production supervised by Charles W. Mack. / Released 1 May 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, 3 October 1922, page 63] The title comes from a pair of lucky spurs which is given to the hero, a writer of Western stories and general all-round adventurer, by a crowd of his New York club friends. With the spurs as a good luck symbol he goes West in search of romance. In California he meets and falls in love with a Spanish girl, who has been defrauded of her estate by an unscrupulous half-breed. After many fights with the villain and his cohorts, he gets back the girl’s property and returns to New York with her as his bride.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors - USA: California, New York
Listing updated: 9 February 2013.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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