By the Sun's Rays (1914)

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...

Released

1914-07-21

Genres

Western, Action

Runtime

11 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Charles Giblyn

TMDB rating

4.8/10 from 14 votes