Vanishing Trails is a 1920 American silent Western film serial directed by Leon De La Mothe. The film is considered to be lost.[1]

Vanishing Trails
Film still
Directed by	Leon De La Mothe
Produced by	William Nicholas Selig
Starring	Franklyn Farnum Mary Anderson
Production company	Canyon Films
Distributed by	Aywon Pictures
Release date	September 1920 (1920-09)
Running time	15 episodes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

As described in a summary in a film publication,[2] the serial involves the mystery of the murder of William Stillman (Wells) and the finding of the heir to his fortune. Silent Joe (Farnum) arrives in an effort to discover the murderer and prove that he is the true heir. He and the heroine Lou (Anderson) have their adventures in the mountainous terrain with its "vanishing trails." They are aided by The Shadow (Orlamond), a demented scientist with his trained dog, and several remarkable, death-dealing inventions.

Cast

• Franklyn Farnum as Silent Joe
• Mary Anderson as Durant's Daughter, Lou
• L. M. Wells as William Stillman
• Duke R. Lee as Steve Durant
• Harry Lonsdale as Grandon
• Vester Pegg as Rankin
• William Orlamond as The Shadow
• Pedro León as Bully Drake
• Bud Osborne as Skip Brandt

See also

• List of film serials
• List of film serials by studio
• List of lost films

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vanishing Trails.

• Vanishing Trails at IMDb