The Desert Flower

The Desert Flower

70 mins | Western | June 21, 1925

A mining camp girl attempts to reform a young derelict addicted to drink. Colleen Moore broke her neck in a fall from a moving handcar during the making of this rousing sagebrush melodrama. The pert Moore, an idol of her generation, quickly regained her mobility but was reportedly forced to sleep in a leather neck support for nearly ten years.

The Desert Flower

70 mins | Western | June 21, 1925

The Desert Flower
A mining camp girl attempts to reform a young derelict addicted to drink. Colleen Moore broke her neck in a fall from a moving handcar during the making of this rousing sagebrush melodrama. The pert Moore, an idol of her generation, quickly regained her mobility but was reportedly forced to sleep in a leather neck support for nearly ten years.
Producers First National Pictures
Original title The Desert Flower
Directors Irving Cummings
Writers June Mathis

Cast

Colleen Moore

as Maggie Fortune

Lloyd Hughes

as Rance Conway

Kate Price

as Mrs. McQuade

Gino Corrado

as José Lee

Fred Warren

as Dizzy

Frank Brownlee

as Mike Dyer

Isabelle Keith

as Inga Hulverson

Anna Mae Walthall

as Flozella

William Bailey

as Jack Royal

Monte Collins

as Mr. McQuade

Ena Gregory

as Fay Knight