The Heritage of the Desert (film)

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The Heritage of the Desert
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Directed by	Irvin Willat
Written by	Albert S. LeVino (adaptation)
Based on	The Heritage of the Desert by Zane Grey
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Bebe Daniels Ernest Torrence Noah Beery
Cinematography	Charles Schoenbaum
Edited by	Howard Hawks
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 23, 1924 (1924-01-23)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Heritage of the Desert is a 1924 American Western film directed by Irvin Willat and based on the novel of the same name by Zane Grey. It stars Bebe Daniels, Ernest Torrence, and Noah Beery.^[1] The film was released by Paramount Pictures with sequences filmed in an early Technicolor process.^[1]

Cast[]

• Bebe Daniels as Mescal
• Ernest Torrence as August Naab
• Noah Beery as Holderness
• Lloyd Hughes as Jack Hare
• Anne Schaefer as Mrs. Naab (credited as Anne Schaeffer)
• Jim Mason as Snap Naab (credited as James Mason)
• Richard Neill as Dene (credited as Richard R. Neill)
• Tom London as Dave Naab (credited as Leonard Clapham)

Preservation[]

A complete print of The Heritage of the Desert is maintained in the Gosfilmofond archive in Moscow.^[2]

See also[]

• List of early color feature films
• List of lost films

References[]

External links[]

• The Heritage of the Desert at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Heritage of the Desert at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Australian daybill long poster
• Accessible version of long poster

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