Humanity
Summary
In an era where the dust of the frontier had yet to settle into the concrete of the industrial age, 'Humanity' presents a visceral odyssey of retributive justice and spiritual calcification. The narrative tracks a sun-scorched cowboy, a living relic of the lawless plains, as he undergoes a reverse migration toward the burgeoning metropolitan sprawl of the East. His pilgrimage is fueled not by the promise of progress, but by a festering vendetta—a singular, jagged 'old score' that has defined the contours of his existence. Upon locating his quarry within the alien environment of high-society parlors and manicured gentility, the protagonist is confronted by the ultimate obstacle to his vengeance: the man’s daughter. Her presence acts as a moral pivot, her desperate pleas for her father’s life igniting a silent conflict between the atavistic urge for blood and the dawning realization of a shared, fragile human condition. This silent-era masterpiece serves as a profound meditation on the death of the vigilante spirit and the birth of a more compassionate, civilized psyche.
Synopsis
A cowboy travels East to settle an old score. He finds the man he's been looking for, but his beautiful daughter pleads for her father's life.
Lee Willard, Henry Youngman, Thomas J. Crizer, Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Robert McKenzie, Rodney Hildebrand, Fred Windemere, Eddie Fries, Bill Cato, Ella McKenzie, Darr Wittenmyer, Harry Todd, Helen Dolan, Belle Mitchell, Ruth Saville
