Sand!

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 Kurrie's Inning."^[1] The film stars William S. Hart, Mary Thurman, G. Raymond Nye, Patricia Palmer, Bill Patton, and S.J. Bingham.^[2][3] It was released on June 20, 1920, by Paramount Pictures.

Full film

Sand!
Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Screenplay by	Russell A. Boggs Lambert Hillyer
Produced by	William S. Hart
Starring	William S. Hart Mary Thurman G. Raymond Nye Patricia Palmer Bill Patton S.J. Bingham
Cinematography	Joseph H. August Dwight Warren
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Production company	William S. Hart Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 20, 1920 (1920-06-20)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Plot

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.^[1]

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".^[4]

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.'"^[5]

Moving Picture World reported that president Woodrow Wilson had seen the film and had enjoyed it.^[6]