The Silver Horde is a 1920 American silent adventure film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Myrtle Stedman, Curtis Cooksey, and Betty Blythe.[1] It is based on the 1909 novel The Silver Horde by Rex Beach.[2][3]

The Silver Horde
Still with l to r: Sidney Ainsworth, Myrtle Stedman, and Curtis Cooksey. (*Ainsworth is not credited with the main cast though he obviously has a substantial role. He possibly was a last minute cast change.)[citation needed]
Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Written by	Rex Beach (novel) J. E. Nash Laurence Trimble
Based on	The Silver Horde 1909 novel by Rex Beach
Produced by	Rex Beach Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Myrtle Stedman Curtis Cooksey Betty Blythe
Cinematography	William C. Foster
Production company	Eminent Authors Pictures
Distributed by	Goldwyn Distributing Company
Release date	May 9, 1920
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Premise

A young man goes to Alaska to establish a salmon business.

Cast

• Myrtle Stedman as Cherry Malotté
• Curtis Cooksey as Boyd Emerson
• Betty Blythe as Mildred Wayland
• R.D. MacLean as Wayne Wayland
• Robert McKim as Marsh
• Hector V. Sarno as Constantine
• Louis Durham as Swanson
• Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn as Thug
• Neola May as Snowbird
• Ervin Denecke as Thug
• Fred R. Stanton as Big George Bolt
• Carl Gerard as Alton Clyde
• Murdock MacQuarrie as Richard Jones

Preservation status

• This film is listed as surviving and preserved by MGM.[4]

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Silver Horde (1920 film).

• The Silver Horde at IMDb
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• The Silver Horde at the American Film Institute Catalog

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