Young Lady Fair travels west to meet the mother she never knew. Before long she meets up with bad guy King Bagley. The outlaw Don Maria Alvarez and John Randolph come to her aid.
The characters' names sound like something out of a fairy tale. Randolph, played by Ralph Graves, is also known as "Sir Whiteheart," while Bagley, played by Walter Long, is referred to as "Knight of the Black Stain." Petite Clarine Seymour, who plays Alvarez' girl Chiquita, is also called "Little Flameheart." By the way, Seymour steals every scene she's in, head-butting people and kicking butts. Unfortunately, she only made one more film before her untimely death in 1920.
As Alvarez, Richard Barthelmess is acceptable, although it took a while for me to get used to him with his guitar and outlaw garb. On his role, Barthelmess said "it was different, at least, to ride a mustang and wear a mustache."
Carol Dempster, as Lady Fair, is quite pretty, but her eye rolls got to be a bit much. The film drags for about the first two-thirds, before finally picking up in the last twenty minutes or so when all hell seems to break loose. At one point, Bagley attempts to deflower Lady Fair, while his men hold Randolph at bay. Alvarez is wounded by Bagley's gang, but still manages to ride off into the sunset with Chiquita.
The characters' names sound like something out of a fairy tale. Randolph, played by Ralph Graves, is also known as "Sir Whiteheart," while Bagley, played by Walter Long, is referred to as "Knight of the Black Stain." Petite Clarine Seymour, who plays Alvarez' girl Chiquita, is also called "Little Flameheart." By the way, Seymour steals every scene she's in, head-butting people and kicking butts. Unfortunately, she only made one more film before her untimely death in 1920.
As Alvarez, Richard Barthelmess is acceptable, although it took a while for me to get used to him with his guitar and outlaw garb. On his role, Barthelmess said "it was different, at least, to ride a mustang and wear a mustache."
Carol Dempster, as Lady Fair, is quite pretty, but her eye rolls got to be a bit much. The film drags for about the first two-thirds, before finally picking up in the last twenty minutes or so when all hell seems to break loose. At one point, Bagley attempts to deflower Lady Fair, while his men hold Randolph at bay. Alvarez is wounded by Bagley's gang, but still manages to ride off into the sunset with Chiquita.