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By the Sun's Rays (1914)

11m

Running Time

By the Sun's Rays (1914)

Name: By the Sun's Rays
Genre: Adventure, Action, Western
Released: 1914-07-21

11m

Running Time

Plot.

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..

Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Murdock MacQuarrie

John Murdock, the Detective

Lon Chaney

Frank Lawler, the Clerk

Seymour Hastings

John Davis - Supt. of Mines

Agnes Vernon

Dora Davis - John's Daughter

Richard Rosson

The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)

Eddie Lyons

Undetermined Role (unconfirmed / uncredited)

Charles Giblyn

Director

Tod Browning

Director

Details.

Release Date
July 21, 1914

Status
Released

Running Time
11m

Genres
Adventure Action Western

Last updated: 2025-02-12

This Movie Is About.

undercover

gold mine

bandit

outlaw gang

silent film

short

Wiki.

By the Sun's Rays is a 1914 American short silent Western film directed by Charles Giblyn and featuring Lon Chaney and Murdock MacQuarrie. It is one of the earliest surviving films of Lon Chaney, with several prints existing in private film collections and a video release in 1995. A still from the film exists showing Lon Chaney in the role of the villainous "Frank Lawlor".