
Chimmie is sent to Death Valley, California as part of a railroad scheme. He's to pretend to have discovered gold there, then set a new transcontinental record heading East.

Jeanie Macpherson, E.W. Townsend, Cecil B. DeMille
United States

Chimmie Fadden Out West: A Silent Saga of Deception and Desert Dreams Stepping back into the nascent years of American cinema, one encounters a fascinating tapestry of evolving narratives and nascent directorial voices. Among these, Cecil B. DeMille stands as an undeniable titan, even in his earliest works, a...

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Cecil B. DeMille

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" Chimmie Fadden Out West: A Silent Saga of Deception and Desert Dreams Stepping back into the nascent years of American cinema, one encounters a fascinating tapestry of evolving narratives and nascent directorial voices. Among these, Cecil B. DeMille stands as an undeniable titan, even in his earliest works, and Chimmie Fadden Out West (1915) offers a captivating glimpse into his formative period, a time when the Western genre was still finding its footing, often intertwined with elemen..."


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