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The Lone Star Rush

Director: Edmund Mitchell (Dir) Release Date: Mar 1915 Duration (in reels): 5			Print this page Display Movie Summary

Cast:	Mae Gaston	(Hilda)
	Robert Frazer
	Charles Arling
	Rupert Julian

Summary:

Harry Murray saves an old prospector named Rhodda from dying of thirst in the Australian desert, and in gratitude, Rhodda promises the young man a share of his rich claim. The treasure map, however, is stolen by the villainous Potosi Jim, who sends his partner Blaxland for money to develop the claim while he searches for the gold. Rhodda dies of shock, after which Harry, accompanied by his brother Jack, sets out in pursuit of Potosi Jim. Blaxland returns to the goldfields with the wealthy Colonel Baylor, a capitalist named Cuthbert and Cuthbert's pretty daughter Hilda. Through a trick, Potosi Jim beats Harry and Jack to the claim, whereupon the two brothers continue their own search for gold. Aided by a map found near a skeleton in the desert, they discover a deposit of placer gold so immense that it starts a new gold rush in the area. Potosi Jim and Blaxland find that their mine is worthless, while Harry wins fame, fortune and the undying love of Hilda.

Production Company:	Climax Co.
Distribution Company:	Alliance Films Corp.
Director:	Edmund Mitchell	(Dir)
Country:	United States

Source Text:	Based on the novel The Lone Star Rush by Edmund Mitchell (London, 1902).
Authors:	Edmund Mitchell

Copyright Claimant	Copyright Date	Copyright Number
Climax Co., Inc.	20/1/1915 dd/mm/yyyy	LU4259

Physical Properties:	b&w:
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Genre:	Drama

Subjects (Major):	Deserts
	Greed
	Mine claims
	Prospectors

Subjects (Minor):	Australia
	Brothers
	Duplicity
	Gold mines
	Gold rushes
	Maps
	Theft

Note:	Many of the exterior scenes were filmed in the Mojave Desert, CA.

Bibliographic Sources:	Date	Page
Motog	3 Apr 15	p. 548.
MPN	20 Mar 15	p. 39, 70
MPN	17 Apr 15	p. 78.
MPW	28 Aug 15	p. 50.
MPW	17 Apr 15	p. 398.

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