Movie·1914·11 min

By the Sun's Rays

Name: By the Sun's Rays
Genre: Western, Action
Released: 1914-07-21
Duration: 11 min
Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie, Lon Chaney, Seymour Hastings, Agnes Vernon, Richard Rosson

By the Sun's Rays streams in the US on FlixFling, and free with ads on Plex, Plex Channel and Mometu, as of October 5, 2026.

4.8 / 10 · TMDB

Western Action

The earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one of several 2-reel westerns starring the florid Murdock MacQuarrie. MacQuarrie plays a detective investigating a series of gold shipment robberies. Along the way, he falls for a mine superintendent's pretty daughter (Agnes Vernon), much to the dismay of a sullen mine office clerk (Chaney), who is also smitten with the girl...

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