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Under the Tonto Rim

Year
1928
Length
Not established

A silent adaptation of Zane Grey’s novel directed by Herman C. Raymaker, listed as lost in the Library of Congress’s February 2021 inventory. Later versions appeared in 1933 and 1947.

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Historical context and source evidence.

The title Under the Tonto Rim follows a stepped contour above a muted turquoise terrain print.

Image: Monocurator · source · Original Monocurator artwork

What survives

Its remake history shows a story remaining commercially useful even after one screen version disappeared, separating the survival of a narrative from the survival of a film.

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A quick, non-exhaustive note The Library of Congress’s list dated 4 February 2021 includes this film among lost titles. That classification can include surviving fragments, trailers, outtakes or stills; it does not establish a complete viewing copy. The Western source material includes violence and period racial and gender stereotypes.
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