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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Golden Trail
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Richard Stanton
Cast: Richard Stanton [Johnny Firth], Robert Kortman (Bob Kortman) [Jim Healy], Margaret Gibson (Patricia Palmer) [Mary], J.P. Lockney [Nutty Ike], Louise Glaum
New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Broncho]. / Produced by [?] Thomas H. Ince? / Released 4 August 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Because of wine, women, and song, young prizefighter Johnny Firth is knocked out. He leaves for the West with his manager, who is broke because of Johnny’s defeat. They arrive in Arizona and Johnny beats up a big bully there named Mason because he has stolen from an old character called Nutty Ike, his bag of nuggets. Nutty Ike introduces the two men to his daughter and makes them his partners in a gold mine he has discovered in the desert. Mason trails them and there is a big fight at the mine, also in the interior. The girl rides for the sheriff and he arrives in the nick of time to subdue the claim jumpers. Later the young prizefighter and the girl are discovered in a love meeting by Nutty Ike and the prize promoter and Ike tells the promoter that with Johnny’s money he will never have to fight again and that love has conquered him.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 14 October 2022.
References: Spehr-American p. 273 : Website-IMDb.
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