25 Dec 2020
News of the World
A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
Milestones
1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists the change, which leads him to forbid the marriage of his daughter Rose to John Rhead, a proponent of the new method. This injustice outrages John's sister Gertrude so much that she breaks off her engagement to Sibley's son Sam. Meanwhile, John and Rose elope.
Top Billed Cast
Lewis Stone John Rhead
Alice Hollister Gertrude Rhead
Gertrude Robinson Emily Rhead
Harvey Clark Sam Sibley
Mary Alden Rose Sibley
May Foster Nancy Sibley
Boyd Irwin Arthur Preece
Jack Donovan Richard Sibley Jr
Correan Kirkham Honorable Muriel Pym
Lionel Belmore Richard Sibley Sr
Gerald Pring Ned Pym / Lord Monkhurst / Young Lord Monkhurst
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