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Kindred of the Dust
Kindred of the Dust is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring his wife Miriam Cooper. It was based upon the novel of the same name by Peter B. Kyne. The film was the last independent picture for Walsh's production company, and the last film he and Cooper would make together. Today it is one of Walsh's earliest surviving features, and is one of only two non-D. W. Griffith features of Cooper's that still is known to survive.
, who she felt was stiff. Walsh agreed and they were never paired together again.
The duo's final film together was "Kindred of the Dust". Cooper felt it was mediocre but it did decent business. During filming, she accidentally gazed into a stage light, causing injury to her eyes that troubled her well into old age. "Kindred of the Dust" was the last film the couple did together, the last independent film for Walsh, and is one of Cooper's few surviving films.