Big Stakes (1922 film)

Big Stakes is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Clifford S. Elfelt.[1]

Big Stakes
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Directed byClifford S. Elfelt
Screenplay byFrank Howard Clark
Based on"High Stakes"
by Earl Wayland Bowman
Produced byFranklyn E. Backer
StarringJ.B. Warner
Elinor Fair
CinematographyClyde De Vinna
Production
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Distributed byEast Coast Productions
Release date
  • August 15, 1922 (1922-08-15)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

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Texan Jim Gregory (J.B. Warner) heads south-of-the-border where he falls for senorita Mercedes Aloyez (Elinor Fair); but she is betrothed to the handsome El Capitán Montoya (R. Henry Grey).

Hometown girl Mary Moore's (Willie Mae Carson) purity is under threat from the leader of the local Ku Klux Klan.

A Mexican jumping-bean competition will determine who will win the senorita. Jim is declared the winner, but Mercedes prefers Montoya.

Jim heads back across the border and saves Mary from the clutches of Klan leader Bully Brand(Les Bates).[2][3]

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Preservation status

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A print of Big Stakes is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Big Stakes at silentera.com
  2. ^ Solomon, Aubrey (January 10, 2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland. p. 278. ISBN 978-0-7864-8610-6.
  3. ^ Pitts, Michael R. (December 13, 2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 334. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.
  4. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p.16, c.1978 the American Film Institute
  5. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Big Stakes
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