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Quicksands (1923 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Plot
Lt. Brill, a U.S. Army officer assigned to stop a narcotics ring on the MexicoUnited 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.
Cast
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.
Preservation
With no prints of 'Quicksands' in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8512/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'Quicksands'] it is currently a lost film.
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