The Rainbow Trail (1918 film)
1918 American silent Western film
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The Rainbow Trail is a lost[1] 1918 American silent Western film directed by Frank Lloyd.[2]
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| Directed by | Frank Lloyd |
| Written by | Charles Kenyon Frank Lloyd |
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| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | William Farnum Ann Forrest |
| Cinematography | William C. Foster (as Billy Foster) |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time | 1 hour; (6 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The picture was an adaptation of Zane Grey's 1915 novel of the same name. It was a sequel to the 1918 film Riders of the Purple Sage, which also starred William Farnum as Lassiter. The Rainbow Trail was remade in 1925 and, with sound, in 1932.
Cast
- William Farnum as Lassiter
- Ann Forrest as Fay Larkin
- Mary Mersch as Jane Withersteen
- William Burress as Waggoner
- William Nigh as Shad (credited as William Nye)
- Genevieve Blinn as Ruth
- George Ross as U.S. Marshall
- Buck Jones as Cowboy (credited as Buck Gebhart)
