The Aryan
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| Directed by |
William S. Hart Reginald Barker Clifford Smith |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince for Triangle Films |
| Written by | C. Gardner Sullivan |
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William S. Hart Bessie Love Louise Glaum Charles K. French Gertrude Claire |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
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50 min. (5 reels) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent with English intertitles |
The Aryan (1916) is an American silent era western motion picture starring William S. Hart, Gertrude Claire, Charles K. French, Louise Glaum, and Bessie Love.
Directed by William S. Hart and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan.
Although Hart was assisted by Reginald Barker and Clifford Smith, he mostly directed the movie by himself. Hart's salary as both actor and director was $150 per week.
Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress and at the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A hard working miner, Steve Denton (played by Hart), has become rich from years of prospecting. He takes his fortune and leaves to visit his ill mother, Mrs. Denton (played by Claire).
In the town of Yellow Ridge, however, he is detained by a seductive dance hall girl named Trixie (played by Glaum). Also known as "the firefly," Trixie not only cheats him out of his gold, but also conceals a message that was wired to him by his dying mother.
Learning the next day that his mother is dead, Denton is infuriated about being cheated and betrayed by Trixie, who pretended to be good, and other false friends. In his rage, he kills Trixie's lover, Chip Emmett (played by Mayall), and kidnaps her. Dragging her by the hair of her head, he takes her into the desert. Enslaving Trixie in his desert hideaway, Denton turns his back on "white civilization." He hates all white men and women and assumes the leadership of a band of Indian and Mexican bandits.
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