Texas Ranger Chic Shelby is sent to capture James Trammel and his son, John--two outlaws hiding in the mountains who are victims of a cattle war. Shelby tricks John, who has killed a cattleman, into believing he is an itinerant preacher by delivering a sermon on eternal love.


The Grail, a silent film from 1921, presents a complex tapestry of themes and characters, woven together by the skilled hands of its writers, George Scarborough and Charles Kenyon. The film's narrative is set against the backdrop of a cattle war, a conflict that has ravaged the Texas mountains, leaving in its wake a tr...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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"The Grail, a silent film from 1921, presents a complex tapestry of themes and characters, woven together by the skilled hands of its writers, George Scarborough and Charles Kenyon. The film's narrative is set against the backdrop of a cattle war, a conflict that has ravaged the Texas mountains, leaving in its wake a trail of bloodshed and betrayal. It is within this tumultuous environment that Texas Ranger Chic Shelby operates, a man of unwavering principle and unorthodox methodology.Shelby's mi..."
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George Scarborough, Charles Kenyon
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