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Big Stakes (1922 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Big Stakes' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Clifford S. Elfelt.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BigStakes1922.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Big Stakes'] at silentera.com
Plot
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 Capitn 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).
Cast
* J.B. Warner as Jim Gregory
* Elinor Fair as Seorita Mercedes Aloyez
* Les Bates as Bully Brand
* Willie Mae Carson as Mary Moore
* Hilliard Karr as Sidekick Skinny Fargo
* R. Henry Grey as El Capitn Montoya
* Ethelbert Knott as Pascal
* Louise Emmons as Mercedes Duena (uncredited)
Preservation status
A print of 'Big Stakes' is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.'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[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1675/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Big Stakes']
References
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