The Moving Picture Weekly (1920-1921)

6 June 25, 1921 Service Page fof Harry Carey in 'Desperate Trails AT A GLANCE SUBJECT— "Desperate Trails." STAR— Harry Carey. PREVIOUS HITS— "The Wallop," "If Only Jim," "Marked Men," "Overland Red," "Bullet Proof," etc. DIRECTED BY— Jack Ford. STORY BY— Courtney Ryley Cooper. SCENARIO BY— J. Elliott Clawson. SUPPORTING CAST— Irene Rich. Barbara LaMar, Ed Coxen, George Seigman, George Stone, Helen Field, etc. LOCALE— The West. TIME— The Present. PHOTOGRAPHED BY— Harry Fowler. THUMB-NAIL THEME— The story of a strong man who is cheated by Fate of both the woman he loves and the one he thinks he loves; of a noble self-sacrifice which sends him to prison, from which he escapes when he learns that the object of his penance has betrayed him; and of a supreme atonement which opens the path to eventual happiness. ADVERTISING PUNCHES 1 — The best dramatic work ever done by Harry Carey, Ace of the Western Drama. 2— The fact that the story by Courtney Ryley Cooper was read by thousands in the Red Book Magazine. 3 — The fascinating screen presence of Irene Rich in the leading feminine role. 4 — The beauty and daring given to the second feminine lead by the vivacious Barbara LaMar. 5 — Inspiring scenes in the snow-clad Truckee district of Northern California. 6 — Some of the most artistic photography ever put on the screen — the work of Harry Fowler. 7 — The highly dramatic incident of a man going voluntarily to prison to save a man whom he believes to be the brother of the woman he loves; and then to discover that the man is her lover. 8 — The clever character work of George Seigman, famous for his work in many Griffith productions. 9 — Jack Ford's skillful direction and his analysis of dramatic values. 10— The appealing work of the two kiddie players, Georgie Stone and Helen Field. Synopsis of Story BART CARSON drives the last nail into a wierd cabin which he has built with seven yeais' savings to house Lou, the belle of Rawlins, the only town in the desolate snow-blanketed wilderness in which he lives. Enroute to Rawlins he stops at an isolated cabin where lives Mrs. Walker and her two kiddies. Bart tells her that he is on ^jis way to Rawlins to marry the finest girl in the A'orld. Lou was a ravishing! y beauty and her only weakness was that she loved a number of men. This Bart didn't know until he discovered a man in her room. The mail train had been robbed and Lou tells Bart that Walker is her brother; that he robbed the train so that she could have some pretty clothes in which to be married. Because he loves the woman, Bart assumes the guilt for the robbery and goes to prison, sentenced to sixteen years behind the grim walls of the penitentiary for a crime of which he was innocent. Then, one day, word comes to the prison through underground channels of the true relationship existing between the man and Lady Lou. He also learns that the man is the worthless husband who deserted Mrs. Walker and her children in the cabin at Pilot Butte. CA.ST Bart Carson Harry Carey Mrs. Walker Irene Rich Dannie Boy Georgie Stone Carrie Helen Field Walter A, Walker Ed Coxen Lady Lou Barbara LaMar Sheriff Price George Seigman Doc Higgins Chas. Insley Bart escapes from the prison in a packing case and goes to Lou. In a spectacular flight he finds Walker and Lou on a train. The men fight and Walker plunges to his death over a trestle. Bart escapes and makes his way to the house where he last saw Mrs. Walker and the kiddies. It is Christmas Eve and Bart promises the little ones a wonderful present. He gets the little boy to snap the handcuffs on his wrists and when the sheriff comes, the child, thinking that it is all play, says: "I captured him and I claim the reward." The sheriff tells Bart, whom he likes, that Lou has confessed that the robbery was a frame-up and it is plainly indicated that the judge, who was himself on the train, will juggle the case so that real justice will prevail. Theatre Name Here Bart Carson went to prison an innocent man for a man he believed to be the brother of the woman he loved. What happened when he discovered that he was her lover? Harry Carey tells you in "Desperate Trails." Give your heart a crosscountry run. See Harry Carey in "Desperate Trails" and your own troubles will hand you a laugh. Suggested use of Scene Cut at Harry Carey m "D£SPeXATE TRAILS' ITS ^ yni>feasA.i. Display Lines for smaller theatres. I