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Orphan of the Sage

1928 film directed by Louis King

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ64577364 ↗
Source-derived summary

Orphan of the Sage is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buzz Barton, Frank Rice and Thomas G. Lingham.

Cast

Buzz Barton as David 'Red' Hepner

Frank Rice as Hank Robbins

Thomas G. Lingham as Jeff Perkins

Annabelle Magnus as Mary Jane Perkins

Bill Patton as 'Nevada' Naldene

References

Bibliography

Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Orphan of the Sage” as 1928 film directed by Louis King. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Orphan, Sage and film.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928, 1992—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1928. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Orphan, Sage and film providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q64577364. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “Orphan of the Sage” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.