Sand!
{{short description|1920 film}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Sand!
| image = Sand (1920) - Ad 2.jpg
| caption =
| director = Lambert Hillyer
| producer = William S. Hart
| screenplay = Russell A. Boggs
Lambert Hillyer
| starring = William S. Hart
Mary Thurman
G. Raymond Nye
Patricia Palmer
Bill Patton
S.J. Bingham
| cinematography = Joseph H. August
Dwight Warren
| editing = LeRoy Stone
| studio = William S. Hart Productions
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1920|6|20}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
}}
Sand! is a 1920 American silent Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by Lambert Hillyer based upon the Russell A. Boggs short story "Dan Kurrie's Inning."[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Sand1920.html Progressive Silent Film List: Sand!] at silentera.com The film stars William S. Hart, Mary Thurman, G. Raymond Nye, Patricia Palmer, Bill Patton, and S.J. Bingham.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17925|title=Sand!|work=afi.com|accessdate=January 18, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499829/sand|title=Sand! (1920) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=January 18, 2015}} It was released on June 20, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.
Plot
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Cast
- William S. Hart as Dan Kurrie
- Mary Thurman as Margaret Young
- G. Raymond Nye as Joseph Garber
- Patricia Palmer as Josie Kirkwood
- Bill Patton as Pete Beckett
- S. J. Bingham as Superintendent Trap
Survival status
Copies of the film are in the Library of Congress and George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.
Reception
The film received a positive review in The Film Daily, stating that it as a whole was a "Virile western subject that has some very pleasing bits; will sure to please Bill Hart fans".{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume11112newy/page/1454/ |accessdate=June 21, 2020 |publisher=The Film Daily| title=Very Good Hart Picture With Star in Typical Role|date=June 27, 1920}}
Burns Mantle, writing for Photoplay Magazine, gave it a mixed review, stating that "A better Western than 'Human Stuff' is William S. Hart's 'Sand,' but this, too, is below the Hart standard - the standard, at least, established by 'The Toll-Gate.'"{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/photoplay1819chic/page/n341/ |accessdate=June 21, 2020 |publisher=Photoplay Magazine| title=The Shadow Stage|date=September 1920}}
Moving Picture World reported that president Woodrow Wilson had seen the film and had enjoyed it.{{cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/movingpicturewor45july/page/104/ |accessdate=June 21, 2020 |publisher=The Film Daily| title=Wilson Likes William S. Hart's "Sand" and Asks for Second Paramount Release|date=July 3, 1920}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Sand (1920 film)}}
- {{IMDb title|0011651|Sand!}}
{{Lambert Hillyer}}
Category:1920 Western (genre) films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Lambert Hillyer
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films