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Trail of the Law
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Oscar Apfel
Cast: Wilfred Lytell, Norma Shearer, John Morse, George S. Stevens, Richard Neill, Charles Beyer
Producers Security Corporation production. / Scenario by Marion Brooks. Cinematography by Alfred Gondolfi. / Released December 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [Variety, 31 January 1924, page 23] A girl who, because of the dangerous community, masquerades as a boy during the day, only to become herself again when safely ensconced in her own home at night. Years before, her mother had been murdered by a renegade, and her father has sworn to get the villain. It develops that a nasty neighbor is the party wanted. Her father gives him what’s coming to him and is only prevented from homicide by Lytell, as the young man from the City who has fallen in love with the daughter.
Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 December 2023.
References: ClasIm-221 p. 51 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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