The Desert's Toll
Encyclopedia
The Desert's Toll is a 1926
western film
, directed by Clifford Smith. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.
1926 in film
-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....
western film
Film
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, directed by Clifford Smith. A print is preserved at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York.
Plot
Frank Darwin (Francis McDonald) needs to convince Muriel (Kathleen Key) he didn't kill her Father, as claimed by Jasper (Tom Santschi) and Oneta (Anna May Wong).Cast
- Kathleen KeyKathleen KeyKathleen Key was an American actress who achieved a brief period of fame during the silent era. She is best remembered for playing Tirzah in the 1925 film Ben-Hur. Key was the great-great granddaughter of Francis Scott Key, composer of "The Star Spangled Banner", and a distant cousin of author F...
- Muriel Cooper - Chief John Big Tree - Red Eagle
- Anna May WongAnna May WongAnna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...
- Oneta - Francis McDonaldFrancis McDonaldFrancis McDonald was an American actor whose career spanned 52 years. Although never really a headlining actor, he made 41 film and television appearances between 1913 and 1965, appearing in films such as The Temptress in 1926 with Greta Garbo...
- Frank Darwin - Tom SantschiTom SantschiTom Santschi was an American leading man and character actor of the silent film era.-Career:...
- Jasper