Quicksands (1923 film)

Quicksands
Quicksands
	Trade advertisement
Directed by	Jack Conway
Screenplay by	Howard Hawks
Produced by	Howard Hawks
Starring	Helene Chadwick; Richard Dix; Alan Hale, Sr.; Noah Beery, Sr.; J. Farrell MacDonald; George Cooper; Tom Wilson
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams; Harold Rosson
Production; company	Agfar Corporation
Distributed by	American Releasing Corporation
Release date	February 28, 1923;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Quicksands is a 1923 American silent crime drama film directed by Jack Conway, written by Howard Hawks, and starring Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix. The supporting cast features Alan Hale Sr., Noah Beery Sr. and Jean Hersholt. The film was released on February 28, 1923, by American Releasing Corporation.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Lt. Brill, a U.S. Army officer assigned to stop a narcotics ring on the Mexico–United States border, breaks up with his girlfriend after discovering her working as a dancer the drug kingpin 'Silent' Krupz's cantina. However, he discovers she is actually an undercover Secret Service agent working with her father Farrell at the U.S. Customs Service. The three are captured by Krupz but are rescued by the Army.^[3]

Cast

Helene Chadwick as The Girl
Richard Dix as Lt. Bill
Alan Hale, Sr. as Ferrago
Noah Beery, Sr. as 'Silent' Krupz
J. Farrell MacDonald as Col. Patterson
George Cooper as Matt Patterson
Tom Wilson as Sgt. Johnson
Dick Sutherland as Cupid
Hardee Kirkland as Farrell
Louis King as Barfly
Jean Hersholt as Ring Member
Walter Long as Ring Member
Jack Curtis as Ring Member
William Dyer as Ring Member
Frank Campeau as Ring Member
Edwin Stevens as Ring Member
James Marcus as Ring Member
Lionel Belmore as Ring Member

Production

The film was shot both on a studio in Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, and on location in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Real U.S. Army soldiers, including United States Colored Troops, were used as extras.

After the American Releasing Corporation went out of business, it was purchased by the Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation for re-release as Boots and Saddles. Dix tried to stop the re-release and offered $1 million to be released from his contract with Paramount, but the studio refused.^[3]

Preservation

With no prints of Quicksands in any film archives,^[4] it is currently a lost film.

References

^ Janiss Garza (2015). "Quicksands - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
^ "Quicksands". silentera.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Quicksands". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Quicksands

External links

Quicksands at IMDb
Quicksands at the TCM Movie Database
Quicksands at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

[1] Janiss Garza (2015). "Quicksands - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on February 1, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.

[2] "Quicksands". silentera.com. Retrieved January 31, 2015.

[:0-3] "Quicksands". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

[4] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Quicksands

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