The Round-Up (1920)
Western | 10 October 1920
Director:
George H. MelfordWriter:
Tom FormanProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A George Melford ProductionThis was Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's first feature film. Some exterior scenes were shot in the Sierra Mountains in California. Lon Megargee, who painted the art titles, was known as the "cowboy artist." According to modern sources, Buster Keaton played an Indian in this film. In 1941, Paramount produced a remake of The Round-Up, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Richard Dix and Patricia Morison. ...
This was Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's first feature film. Some exterior scenes were shot in the Sierra Mountains in California. Lon Megargee, who painted the art titles, was known as the "cowboy artist." According to modern sources, Buster Keaton played an Indian in this film. In 1941, Paramount produced a remake of The Round-Up, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Richard Dix and Patricia Morison.
When engineer Dick Lane fails to return from Arizona, his fiancée Echo Allen assumes that he is dead and agrees to marry Jack Payson. On the night of the ceremony, Dick returns, and Jack sends him away after collecting the three thousand dollars owed to him by the young engineer. Meanwhile, outlaw Buck McKee has robbed the express office and sees Jack's windfall as an opportunity to throw suspicion upon the bridegroom. In order to clear himself, Jack confesses Dick's return to Echo and then rides off into the desert after him. As he overtakes Dick, the two are attacked by Indians, and Dick is mortally wounded. Slim Hoover, the sheriff, comes to the rescue, and the U.S. Cavalry arrives in time to hear Dick's dying confession, which exonerates Jack from all accusations. He then returns home to his wife, who finds it in her heart to forgive ...
When engineer Dick Lane fails to return from Arizona, his fiancée Echo Allen assumes that he is dead and agrees to marry Jack Payson. On the night of the ceremony, Dick returns, and Jack sends him away after collecting the three thousand dollars owed to him by the young engineer. Meanwhile, outlaw Buck McKee has robbed the express office and sees Jack's windfall as an opportunity to throw suspicion upon the bridegroom. In order to clear himself, Jack confesses Dick's return to Echo and then rides off into the desert after him. As he overtakes Dick, the two are attacked by Indians, and Dick is mortally wounded. Slim Hoover, the sheriff, comes to the rescue, and the U.S. Cavalry arrives in time to hear Dick's dying confession, which exonerates Jack from all accusations. He then returns home to his wife, who finds it in her heart to forgive him.
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