{"id":10618,"date":"2010-01-30T11:11:28","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T18:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2021-01-27T09:47:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T16:47:02","slug":"riders-of-the-purple-sage-1925","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10618","title":{"rendered":"Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Wherever you go, I&#8217;m going with you.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-of-the-Purple-Sage-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-of-the-Purple-Sage-Poster-300x242.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-54485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-of-the-Purple-Sage-Poster-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-of-the-Purple-Sage-Poster-128x103.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-of-the-Purple-Sage-Poster-768x619.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-of-the-Purple-Sage-Poster-335x270.png 335w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-of-the-Purple-Sage-Poster.png 813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA Texas ranger (Tom Mix) searches for his sister (Beatrice Burnham) and niece (Seessel Anne Johnson), who have been kidnapped by a ruthless lawyer (Warner Oland).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Search<\/li>\n<li>Silent Films<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAccording to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riders_of_the_Purple_Sage\">Wikipedia<\/a>, <em>Riders of the Purple Sage<\/em> (published in 1912) is not only <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zane_Grey\">Zane Grey<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;best-known novel&#8221;, but it &#8220;was one of the earliest works of Western fiction, and played a significant role in popularizing that genre.&#8221; As such, this silent movie &#8212; the second cinematic version of Grey&#8217;s novel &#8212; is an especially fitting choice for film fanatics wanting to see early Western star Tom Mix in action. The story itself, running under an hour, is standard melodrama, and not really worth elaborating upon; what one should pay attention to is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.b-westerns.com\/tommix.htm\">Tom Mix<\/a> (regal in his all-black cowboy&#8217;s outfit) coming to save the day:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Tom-Mix.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Tom-Mix.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Tom-Mix.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Tom-Mix-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Tom-Mix-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Tom-Mix-356x270.png 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and the beautiful location footage surrounding him (shot in Lone Pines, California). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Lone-Pine.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Lone-Pine.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Lone-Pine.png 528w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Lone-Pine-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Lone-Pine-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Riders-Lone-Pine-356x270.png 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch for Warner Oland in a pre-Charlie Chan role, and Anne Shirley in a small role as Burnham&#8217;s teenage daughter. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beautiful location footage<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/riders-footage.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/riders-footage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10620\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply to see a representative Tom Mix western. Listed as a film with historical significance in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0016288\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9807E5DE1138E233A25756C1A9629C946495D6CF\">NY Times Original Review (scroll down to second review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/work\/riders-of-the-purple-sage-107887\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Wherever you go, I&#8217;m going with you.&#8221; Synopsis: A Texas ranger (Tom Mix) searches for his sister (Beatrice Burnham) and niece (Seessel Anne Johnson), who have been kidnapped by a ruthless lawyer (Warner Oland). Genres: Kidnapping Search Silent Films Westerns Review: According to Wikipedia, Riders of the Purple Sage (published in 1912) is not only Zane Grey&#8216;s &#8220;best-known novel&#8221;, but it &#8220;was one of the earliest works of Western fiction, and played a significant role in popularizing that genre.&#8221; As&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=10618\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10618"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99044,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10618\/revisions\/99044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}