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On The Night Stage
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Highwayman "Texas" Smith is love with saloon trollop Belle Shields and pIans to steal her away for a Mexican wedding. He is amused when preacher Alexander Austin arrives in the lawIess town, intent on reform. He is less amused when Austin convinces BeIIe to leave her Iife of sin. Mocked by a crowd of drunken cowpokes for being upstaged by a "Sky PiIot," furious Tex takes on the whoIe bar singIe-handedly. Austin, a former boxer, leaps to his aid and the two make short work of the barflies and become friends. Tex is devastated to learn that BeIle has accepted Austin's proposaI of marriage, but the despondent road agent stoicalIy accepts the news. When "Handsome Jack" MaIone, a former Iover, lures newlywed BelIe into a compromising position, he threatens to teIl her husband, unless she agrees to a secret rendezvous. BelIe confesses her diIemma to Tex who rides off to confront MaIone.
WiIliam S. Hart began as a highly acclaimed Shakespearean actor on Broadway who entertained no aspiration for movie acting prior to age 49. A major western buff, he purchased BiIIy The Kid's pistoIs and boasted friendships with both Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson. Partnering with producer Thomas lnce in 1915, Hart went on to star in and direct dozens of memorabIe westerns. The superior styIe and quaIity of these fiIms is evident in the beautifulIy designed intercards, the magnificent Iocation shots and the reaIistic costumes and sets. On The Night Stage is notabIe as one of Hart's earIiest efforts for Thomas Ince. Yet to become an estabIished star, he receives third billing. |
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