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Vanishing Trails

(1920)

September 10, 1920• 3h 45m
90%
TMDB Score

Overview

A 15-chapter Western serial. The serial involves the mystery of the murder of William Stillman (Wells) and the finding of the heir to his fortune. Silent Joe (Farnum) arrives in an effort to discover the murderer and prove that he is the true heir. He and the heroine Lou (Anderson) have their adventures in the mountainous terrain with its "vanishing trails." They are aided by The Shadow (Orlamond), a demented scientist with his trained dog, and several remarkable, death-dealing inventions.

Leon De La Mothe

Director

Top Billed Cast

FF

Franklyn Farnum

Silent Joe

MA

Mary Anderson

Lou - Durant's Daughter

DRL

Duke R. Lee

Steve Durant

HL

Harry Lonsdale

Grandon

VP

Vester Pegg

Rankin

BO

Bud Osborne

Skip Brandt

LW

L.M. Wells

William Stillman

WO

William Orlamond

The Shadow

PL

Pedro León

Bully Drake