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Wikipedia article




'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 Kurries 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. It was released on June 20, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.



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".

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.'"

Moving Picture World reported that president Woodrow Wilson had seen the film had enjoyed it.

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