Riders of the Purple Sage (1918 film)

Riders of the Purple Sage
The silhouette of a horse with a small boy on his back surrounded by credits
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Directed byFrank Lloyd
Written byFrank Lloyd
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • 1918 (1918)
Running time
115 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Riders of the Purple Sage is a 1918 American silent Western film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring William Farnum, Mary Mersch, and William Scott.[1] The film is about a former Texas Ranger who goes after a group of Mormons who have abducted his married sister. This Frank Lloyd silent film was the first of five film adaptations of Zane Grey's 1912 novel.[2][3]

  1. ^ Garza, Janiss. "Riders of the Purple Sage (1918)". Allmovie. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  2. ^ Hulse, Ed (2007). Filming the West of Zane Grey. Lone Pine: Museum of Lone Pine Film History. pp. 51–53. ISBN 978-1880756096.
  3. ^ "Riders of the Purple Sage". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 3, 2012.