The Sagebrusher


1920

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
The Great Authors Pictures, Inc.
Distribution Company
W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé Exchange, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Sagebrusher by Emerson Hough (New York, 1919).

Synopsis

When Wid Gardner, a friend of the "Sagebrusher" Sim Gage in Montana, advertises for a wife for Sim, he finds Mary Warren. Mary, who has recently lost her shop job in Cleveland, goes West under the impression that she is to be a housekeeper. By the time she arrives, she has become blind and cannot see the ugliness of the poor but honest Sim, who realizes that Mary is too refined for him. After some complications involving Frederick Waldhorn, who recognizes Mary as the girl whose legacy he has stolen, and Big Aleck, Mary and Sim are married. The young, handsome Dr. Barnes, who is working to restore Mary's sight, has also fallen in love with her. Eventually, Sim gives his life in rescuing Mary from a flood. Mary's sight then is restored and she confesses her love for Dr. Barnes. Finally, Mary's friend, Annie Squires, who accompanied her from Cleveland, becomes engaged to Wid.

Film Details

Release Date
Jan 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
The Great Authors Pictures, Inc.
Distribution Company
W. W. Hodkinson Corp. through Pathé Exchange, Inc.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Sagebrusher by Emerson Hough (New York, 1919).

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This film had its premiere in Chicago in January 1920. According to the records of the Community Motion Picture Bureau, this film was released on August 16, 1920 under the title Out of the Dark, but this has not been confirmed.