Sand

1920 Western 73 minutes Directed by Lambert Hillyer

About Sand

Station agent Dan Kurrie loses his job to Joseph Garber, who wants the same woman, Margaret Young. Margaret thinks Dan has lied to her. He sets out to catch the gang robbing the trains and make her see who Garber is.

Cast & crew

More about Sand

Lambert Hillyer directed. Russell A. Boggs and Hillyer wrote the screenplay from Boggs's story "Dan Kurrie's Inning." Paramount released it. William S. Hart plays Dan. Mary Thurman plays Margaret. G. Raymond Nye plays Garber. Joseph H. August and Dwight Warren photographed it.

Themes

  • A station job taken by a rival
  • A woman who thinks she was lied to
  • Train robbers as the way back
  • Dan Kurrie
  • Margaret Young
  • Joseph Garber
  • railroad
  • William S. Hart
  • western

Music

Silent, with English intertitles.

Preservation

Prints are held by the Library of Congress and the George Eastman Museum.

Notes

  • Patricia Palmer plays Josie Kirkwood. Bill Patton plays Pete Beckett. S. J. Bingham plays Superintendent Trap.
  • The film's Wikipedia page dates the release 20 June 1920. Hart's filmography page lists 27 June 1920.
  • Copies are in the Library of Congress and at the George Eastman Museum.

Scenes

  • Garber fires Dan from the station.
  • Dan goes after the gang that has been hitting the trains.

Influenced by

  • Russell A. Boggs's story Dan Kurrie's Inning

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Sand (1920).webm)