The Boss of Camp 4
1922 film
The Boss of Camp 4 is a 1922 American silent action film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Buck Jones, Fritzi Brunette, G. Raymond Nye, Francis Ford, and Sid Jordan. It is based on the novel by Arthur Preston Hankins with the same name. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on November 26. 1922.
Plot
Chet Fanning is hired on as a road worker. Dude McCormick attempts to prevent the road's completion so that he can regain possession of the coal rich land. Fanning rescues Iris Paxton from McCormick's schemes, and wins her love in the end.
Cast
Buck Jones as Chet Fanning (as Charles Jones)
Fritzi Brunette as Iris Paxton
G. Raymond Nye as Dave Miller
Francis Ford as Dude McCormick
Sid Jordan as Warren Zome
Milton Ross as Andrew Paxton
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The film is now considered lost.
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