Action (1921)

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Plot Summary
Molly ( Clara Horton ), an orphan, is heir to a ranch and mine
and falls under the influence of saloon-owner Plimsoll ( William Robert Daly ),
who schemes to deprive her of the inheritance. Sandy Brouke ( Hoot Gibson ) and his pals,
Soda Water Manning ( Francis Ford ) and Mormon Peters ( J. Farrell MacDonald ),
wander off the range and champion the girl's interests.
Sandy falls in love with the girl.
The partners succeed in getting the mine from the conspirators and working it
themselves while sending Molly off to school.
Plimsoll frames Sandy and his men, however, and she returns to find them in jail.
Through Molly's efforts Sandy is released, and ultimately the crooks are defeated.
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Cast
Hoot Gibson ... Sandy Brouke
Francis Ford ... Soda Water Manning
J. Farrell MacDonald ... Mormon Peters
Buck Connors ... Pat Casey
Clara Horton Clara Horton ...
Molly Casey
William Robert Daly ... J. Plimsoll
Dorothea Wolbert ... Mirandy Meekin
Byron Munson ... Henry Meekin
Charles Newton ... Sherriff Dipple
Jim Corey ... Sam Waters
Ed Jones ... Art Smith (as Ed 'King Fisher' Jones)

Directed
John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)

Writing Credits
J. Allan Dunn ... (story "The Mascotte of the Three Star")
Harvey Gates
Peter B. Kyne ... (novel)

Cinematography
John W. Brown

Action is a 1921 American Western film
directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson.

It was based on Peter B. Kyne's popular novel The Three Godfathers.

The film is considered to be lost.

According to contemporaneous newspaper reports,
Action was based on J. Allan Dunn's novel, The Mascotte of the Three Star;
Mascotte appeared
as the lead novel in the pulp magazine Short Stories, February 1921.

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Action (1921) - Lost ?
4 August 2016 | by Pamela Short (Canada)

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Molly ( Clara Horton ), an orphan, is heir to a ranch and mine

and falls under the influence of saloon-owner Plimsoll ( William Robert Daly ),
who schemes to deprive her of the inheritance. Sandy Brouke ( Hoot Gibson ) and his pals,
Soda Water Manning ( Francis Ford ) and Mormon Peters ( J. Farrell MacDonald ),
wander off the range and champion the girl's interests.
Sandy falls in love with the girl.
The partners succeed in getting the mine from the conspirators and working it
themselves while sending Molly off to school.
Plimsoll frames Sandy and his men, however, and she returns to find them in jail.
Through Molly's efforts Sandy is released, and ultimately the crooks are defeated.

This 1921 silent western/drama was based on the short story "The Mascotte of the Three Stars" by J. Allen Dunn, produced by The Universal Film Manufacturing, directed by Jack Ford (John Ford), starring Hoot Gibson, Francis Ford and Clara Horton. All my research for this film finds it sadly listed as lost. Hopefully a copy survives and resurfaces for public viewing.

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