Desperate Trails (1921)

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  • DESPERATE TRAILS


    DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD (Jack Ford)
    UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Bart Carson (Carey) is in love with Lou (La Marr) and even goes to jail
    to save Walter A. Walker (Coxen), a man she says is her brother
    but who is really a husband who has deserted his wife and two children.
    After he learns the truth, Bart breaks out of jail and trails Walter,
    who falls off a train trying to escape.
    Bart then seeks refuge in a cabin with Mrs. Walker (Rich), where he is captured,
    but the officials have learned the truth and promise him a pardon.


    Cast
    Harry Carey ... Bart Carson
    Irene Rich ... Mrs. Walker
    Georgie Stone ... Dannie Boy
    Helen Field ... Carrie
    Edward Coxen ... Walter A. Walker
    Barbara La Marr ... Lady Lou
    George Siegmann ... Sheriff Price
    Charles Inslee ... Doc Higgins (as Charles E. Insley)
    Harry Carey Jr. ... Young Baby (uncredited)


    Directed
    John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)


    Writing Credits
    Elliott J. Clawson
    Courtney Ryley Cooper ... (story "Christmas Eve at Pilot Butte")


    Cinematography
    Robert De Grasse
    Harry M. Fowler ... (as Harry Fowler)


    Other crew
    Carl Laemmle ... presenter

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 15 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Desperate Trails is a 1921 American western film
    directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey.


    The film is considered to be lost.


    Worth noting, this movie makes the first appearance of Ford and Duke
    regular Irene Rich.


    Also Harry Carey Jr.'s first appearance as the young baby



    User Review


    Desperate Trails (1921) - Lost Silent
    16 July 2015 | by Pamela Short (Canada)

    Bart Carson ( Harry Carey ) believes himself to be in love with Lady Lou ( Barbara La Marr ) and is persuaded by her to assume the guilt for her "brother,"


    who has deserted his wife and children and robbed the train. In prison Bart learns that the "brother," Walker ( Edward Coxen ), is actually Lou's lover, and he escapes to kill him, then goes to the Walker home on Christmas Eve. So that Mrs. Walker ( Irene Rich ) will receive the reward, he gives himself up as the prisoner of her young son, but the sheriff informs him that Lou has confessed her treachery and that justice will prevail.


    This 1921 western/drama was directed by John Ford and produced for the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Starring actor Harry Carey, Barbara La Marr and Irene Rich, Desperate Trails now remains a lost silent film.

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 15 times, last by ethanedwards ().