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...
Stars: Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney, Seymour Hastings, Agnes Vernon, Richard Rosson, Eddie Lyons
Crew: Charles Giblyn (Director), Tod Browning (Director)
Country: United States of America
Language: No Language
Studio: Nestor Film Company
Runtime: 11 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 21, 1914
IMDb: 6.2
