A Beautiful Film
This was the first book of Zane Grey's that I read (thanks to Stephen King, who made it the favorite book of his main character in The Tommyknockers) - my Dad read the Grey books and I was convinced that they were JUST westerns, but of course, that's not true. I thought the end was one of the best endings I'd ever encountered. Like Mickey Spillane has a few of those. The kind that make you say WOW! out loud when no one's in the room but you (and the book.) Anyway, I enjoyed this film very much, thought Tom Mix was magnificent in all ways (looks, physique, acting, appearance) - there were many good actors/faces in this film. I particularly enjoyed reading their lips a few times. The locations were superb, the costumes well done, the soundtrack of typical silent film piano was perfection! I am a silent film fan but really haven't seen that many westerns - this was a good way to start.
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