Directors: KING BAGGOT, WILLIAM S. HART. Screenplay: C. Gardner Sullivan. Story: Hal G. Evarts. Photography: Joseph August. Music and synchronization for 1939 re-issue: James C. Bradford. Producer: William S. Hart.
Copyright 11 November 1925 by The William S. Hart Co. U.S. release through United Artists: 27 December 1925. New York opening at the Mark Strand: 20 December 1925. 7 reels, 7,254 feet. 80 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Don Carver and his pal, Kentucky Rose, are a couple of tumbleweeds-cowpokes that drift from one job to another-when a chance comes for both to settle down with the opening of the Cherokee Strip.
NOTES: William S. Hart's final movie, although he did come out of retirement to film the Prologue for this 1939 re-issue.
COMMENT: While admitting that Hart "won frequent rounds of applause from the audience", this movie did not impress Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times. Me? I'm firmly with the audience. I just love super-spectacular westerns laced with acres of breathtaking action and I'm particularly partial to movies in which the seasoned yet kind-hearted veteran wins the heart of the ravishing young girl. All the players acquit themselves most ably, and an authentic frontier atmosphere is lovingly re-created. A film not to be missed!
Copyright 11 November 1925 by The William S. Hart Co. U.S. release through United Artists: 27 December 1925. New York opening at the Mark Strand: 20 December 1925. 7 reels, 7,254 feet. 80 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Don Carver and his pal, Kentucky Rose, are a couple of tumbleweeds-cowpokes that drift from one job to another-when a chance comes for both to settle down with the opening of the Cherokee Strip.
NOTES: William S. Hart's final movie, although he did come out of retirement to film the Prologue for this 1939 re-issue.
COMMENT: While admitting that Hart "won frequent rounds of applause from the audience", this movie did not impress Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times. Me? I'm firmly with the audience. I just love super-spectacular westerns laced with acres of breathtaking action and I'm particularly partial to movies in which the seasoned yet kind-hearted veteran wins the heart of the ravishing young girl. All the players acquit themselves most ably, and an authentic frontier atmosphere is lovingly re-created. A film not to be missed!