Desert Gold (1919 American film)

Desert Gold is a 1919 American silent Western film directed by T. Hayes Hunter and starring E.K. Lincoln, Margery Wilson and Eileen Percy. It is based on the 1913 novel of the same title by Zane Grey.^[1]

Desert Gold while in cinemas in 1920 at the Majestic Theatre.

Desert Gold
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Directed by	T. Hayes Hunter
Written by	Fred Myton
Based on	Desert Gold by Zane Grey
Produced by	Benjamin B. Hampton
Starring	E.K. Lincoln Margery Wilson Eileen Percy
Cinematography	Abe Scholtz Arthur L. Todd
Production company	Zane Grey Pictures
Distributed by	Hodkinson Pictures Pathe Exchange
Release date	November 22, 1919 (1919-11-22)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

Cast

• E.K. Lincoln as Dick Gale
• Margery Wilson as Mercedes Castenada
• Eileen Percy as Nell
• Lawson Butt as The Yaqui
• Russell Simpson as Ladd
• Walter Long as Rojas
• Edward Coxen as Captain George Thorne
• Frank Brownlee as Jonas Warren
• Arthur Morrison as Lash
• Jeanne Carpenter as Jeanne Carpenter
• Beulah Dark Cloud as Papago Indian Mother
• Mary Jane Irving as The Child
• Frank Lanning as Papago Indian Son
• Laura Winston as Mrs. Belding
• W.H. Bainbridge as Jim Belding

Production

Desert Gold was partially shot on location in the Colorado Desert, California, with the film crew's headquarters at Palm Springs, California.^[2]