Sunday, September 16, 2007

Knight of the Trail - William S. Hart (1915)

Stagecoach holdup man goes straight to win his girl, but must return to his old tarnished profession to regain honor. Motif of wings appear on nice intertitle artwork. Minimal intercutting of Hart on horse, stage coach and train at end. Essentially just one shot of each rather than the protracted Griffith-style suspense builder. Money bag symbolically plucked like a heart from the chest of the con man at the end.

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