The Aryan (1916)
50m
Running Time
April 9, 1916Release Date
Plot.
Steve Denton, rich from years of prospecting, is fleeced by the citizens of Yellow Ridge. In his rage, he kidnaps the woman most responsible and makes her his slave in a desert hideaway.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
William S. Hart
Steve Denton
Gertrude Claire
Mrs. Denton
Charles K. French
'Ivory' Wells
Louise Glaum
Trixie - 'The Firefly'
Herschel Mayall
Chip Emmett
Ernest Swallow
Mexican Pete
Reginald Barker
Director
Bessie Love
Mary Jane Garth
Media.
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Wiki.
The Aryan is a 1916 American silent Western film starring William S. Hart, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum, and Bessie Love.Directed by William S. Hart and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan.
Although Hart was assisted by Reginald Barker and Clifford Smith, he mostly directed the film by himself. Hart's combined salary as actor and director was $150 per week (equivalent to $4,000 in 2022).A partial print of the film survives in the Library of Congress, which was restored at the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in Buenos Aires, Argentina.