| The Lone Star Ranger | |
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| Directed by | J. Gordon Edwards |
| Written by | Lambert Hillyer |
| Based on | The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | William Farnum |
| Cinematography | Daniel B. Clark |
| Distributed by | Fox Film |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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The Lone Star Ranger is a lost[1] 1919 American silent Western film based on the 1915 novel by Zane Grey and stars William Farnum. The film was directed by J. Gordon Edwards and produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Portions of the film were shot in Palm Springs, California.[2] Just 3 years after the release of the film Fox dusted off the script and refilmed the story with Tom Mix.[3][4]
As described in a film magazine,[5] Cyrus Longstreth (Clary), Bully Brome (Nye), and Jeff Lawson (Johnstone), a trio of unprincipled cattlemen, have defied law and order in their cattle rustling activities. Steele (Farnum), a Texas ranger, entering the village alone and under an assumed name, rescues Longstreth's daughter Ray (Lovely) from two Mexican assailants and wins her father's gratitude. After one of the trio murders Steele's best friend, he enters the locality alone, goes to work at Longstreth's ranch, and wins Ray's heart. After several thrilling fights Steele manages to dispose of Brome and confronts Lawson and Longstreth with a charge of murder. Lawson betrays his guilt and is killed in the fight that follows. Longstreth proves his part in the rustling was an involuntary one and Steele and Ray are married.
