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The Heritage of the Desert
(1924) United States of America
Color/B&W : Six reels / 5785 feet
Directed by Irvin Willat

Cast: Bebe Daniels [Mescal], Ernest Torrence [August Naab], Noah Beery [Holderness], Lloyd Hughes [Jack Hare], Ann Schaeffer (Anne Schaefer) [Mrs. Naab], James Mason [Snap Naab], Richard R. Neill [Dene], Leonard Clapham [Dave Naab]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Albert Shelby Le Vino, from the novel The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey. Cinematography by Charles E. Schoenbaum. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 30 January 1924 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP19874]. Premiered [?] 20 or 27? January 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Technicolor [process two] color process sequences.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the Gosfilmofond film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Color cinematography - Native Americans

Listing updated: 5 August 2012.

References: ClasIm-220 p. 41 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.