Wild Horse Mesa (1925)
Western | 14 September 1925
Cast:
Jack Holt, Noah Beery, Billie Dove [ More ]Director:
George B. SeitzWriter:
Lucien HubbardCinematographer:
Bert GlennonProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.The Dec 1924 AmCin reported that cameraman Bert Glennon left for location at the Grand Canyon in Arizona to work with Zane Grey.
According to the 20 Jun 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review, Jack Holt had completed work on Wild Horse Mesa.
Zane Grey's novel was first published as a serial in Country Gentleman magazine, beginning on 19 Apr 1924. Paramount filmed another version of Grey's Wild Horse Mesa in 1932, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. RKO produced a third adaptation in 1947, directed by Wallace A. Grissell and starring Tim Holt (son of Jack Holt) and Nan Leslie (see entries). ...
The Dec 1924 AmCin reported that cameraman Bert Glennon left for location at the Grand Canyon in Arizona to work with Zane Grey.
According to the 20 Jun 1925 Exhibitors Trade Review, Jack Holt had completed work on Wild Horse Mesa.
Zane Grey's novel was first published as a serial in Country Gentleman magazine, beginning on 19 Apr 1924. Paramount filmed another version of Grey's Wild Horse Mesa in 1932, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Randolph Scott and Sally Blane. RKO produced a third adaptation in 1947, directed by Wallace A. Grissell and starring Tim Holt (son of Jack Holt) and Nan Leslie (see entries).
Bert Manerube interests Lige Melberne in a scheme to capture a herd of wild horses by running them into a barbwire corral. Chane Weymer, a trail rider, realizes that this procedure will maim or kill most of the horses and convinces Melberne to change his plans. Manerube then joins up with the McPherson gang and persuades them to uses the barbwire trap. The men stampede the wild horses toward the wire, and Chane rides out in front of them, leading the horses away from the corral. McPherson is killed by an Indian seeking revenge for the death of his daughter. Chane weds ...
Bert Manerube interests Lige Melberne in a scheme to capture a herd of wild horses by running them into a barbwire corral. Chane Weymer, a trail rider, realizes that this procedure will maim or kill most of the horses and convinces Melberne to change his plans. Manerube then joins up with the McPherson gang and persuades them to uses the barbwire trap. The men stampede the wild horses toward the wire, and Chane rides out in front of them, leading the horses away from the corral. McPherson is killed by an Indian seeking revenge for the death of his daughter. Chane weds Sue.
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