The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...
Credits
By the Sun's Rays Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Lon Chaney
He was 31, 47 years old when he died
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as Frank Lawler, the Clerk |
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Richard Rosson
He was 21, 60 years old when he died
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as The Bandit (as Dick Rosson) |
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Murdock MacQuarrie
He was 35, 63 years old when he died
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as John Murdock, the Detective |
By the Sun's Rays Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Charles Giblyn as Director. He was 42 (62) years old when He died
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Directing |
