The Ghost City
Encyclopedia
The Ghost City is a 1923
Western
film serial directed by Jay Marchant
. The film is considered to be lost
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1923 in film
-Events:*April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers.-Top grossing films :-Films released in 1923:U.S.A...
Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
film serial directed by Jay Marchant
Jay Marchant
Jay Marchant , was an American film director and actor of the silent era. He directed 22 films between 1921 and 1925, including five film serials for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company....
. The film is considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- Pete MorrisonPete MorrisonGeorge D. Morrison, nicknamed Pete, was an American silent western film actor born August 8, 1890 in Westminster, Colorado. During his childhood he lived at Morrison, Colorado and Idaho Springs, and got his early tastes of horsemanship riding with his father Thomas during the summer...
- Laughing Larry Newton - Margaret Morris - Alice Sinclair
- Al Wilson - Raymond Moreton
- Frank RiceFrank RiceFrank Rice was an American film actor. He appeared in over 120 films between 1912 and 1936.He was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and died in Los Angeles, California of hepatitis.-Selected filmography:...
- Sagebrush Hilton - Bud OsborneBud OsborneBud Osborne was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films and television programs between 1912 and 1963.Osborne was born in Knox County, Texas, and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack...
- Jasper Harwell - Lola ToddLola ToddLola Todd was an American film actress in the early years of Hollywood's silent film era.Todd was born in New York City, and moved to Hollywood in the early 1920s to pursue film acting. She received her first role in the 1923 film The Ghost City, followed by Rustlin' Buster that same year,...
- Ginger Harwell - Slim Cole - Mort Carley
- Alfred AllenAlfred Allen (actor)For other persons named Alfred Allen, see Alfred Allen Alfred Allen was an American silent film actor and author.He was signed in 1915 and starred in 106 films before his retirement in 1935...
- Austin Sinclair - Princess Neela - Maria de Ortega
- Valerio Olivo - Manuel Ortega
- William QuinnWilliam Quinn (actor)William Quinn was a Canadian actor of the silent era. He appeared in 63 films between 1914 and 1935.He was born in Canada and died in Glen Ellen, California.-Selected filmography:* For Cash...
- Henchman (uncredited) - Frank Tomick - Henchman (uncredited)