By the Sun's Rays

By the Sun's Rays
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Directed byCharles Giblyn
Produced byNestor Film Co.
StarringMurdock MacQuarrie
Lon Chaney
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 22, 1914 (1914-07-22)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

By the Sun's Rays is a 1914 American short silent Western film directed by Charles Giblyn and featuring Lon Chaney and Murdock MacQuarrie.[1] 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.[2] A still from the film exists showing Lon Chaney in the role of the villainous "Frank Lawlor".[3]

  1. ^ "Silent Era: By the Sun's Rays". silentera. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
  2. ^ Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 22. ISBN 1-879511-26-6.
  3. ^ Mirsalis, Jon C. "By the Sun's Rays". Lonchaney.org. Retrieved October 6, 2020.