The Deadwood Coach (1924)
Western | 7 December 1924
Director:
Lynn ReynoldsWriter:
Lynn ReynoldsCinematographer:
Dan ClarkProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.In an article in the Oct 1924 AmCin, cinematographer Dan Clark described filming The Deadwood Coach in southern Utah's Zion Canyon and Bryce Canyon. (Then called "National Monuments," the two canyons are now the Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park.) The production filmed in Zion Canyon for about a week, taking advantage of its picturesque rock formations, then moved on to Bryce Canyon, a more inaccessible location of "gorges, pinnacles and minarets of all descriptions." The terrain required the crew, along with lead actor Tom Mix, "to build stairs and trails down the walls of this canyon in order to enter it to photograph." Clark claimed that upon his arrival, Zion Canyon "had never been touched by the motion picture camera," although this cannot be determined as fact.
Some exteriors were shot on location in the Dakota Badlands. This film was reissued in 1928. ...
In an article in the Oct 1924 AmCin, cinematographer Dan Clark described filming The Deadwood Coach in southern Utah's Zion Canyon and Bryce Canyon. (Then called "National Monuments," the two canyons are now the Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park.) The production filmed in Zion Canyon for about a week, taking advantage of its picturesque rock formations, then moved on to Bryce Canyon, a more inaccessible location of "gorges, pinnacles and minarets of all descriptions." The terrain required the crew, along with lead actor Tom Mix, "to build stairs and trails down the walls of this canyon in order to enter it to photograph." Clark claimed that upon his arrival, Zion Canyon "had never been touched by the motion picture camera," although this cannot be determined as fact.
Some exteriors were shot on location in the Dakota Badlands. This film was reissued in 1928.
When he was a boy, growing up in the Bad Lands of Dakota Territory, Jimmie Gordon's parents were killed by Tex Wilson, a brutal bandit. Jimmie swore vengeance, and, known only as The Orphan, he has spent the subsequent years looking for Wilson. At last, hot on the trail of the Wilson gang, The Orphan prevents a holdup of the Deadwood Stage but loses Wilson. He meets one of the passengers on the stage, Helen Shields, the daughter of the local sheriff, and accompanies her to town, only to discover that her father is an old friend whom he once saved from the Indians. As the men talk, Helen learns of The Orphan's tragic past, and the two are soon in love. On their wedding day, the venomous Wilson interrupts the ceremony, insults the unarmed bridegroom, and kidnaps Helen. Wilson makes his escape in the Deadwood Coach, closely followed by The Orphan. When the coach breaks down, Wilson abandons the unharmed girl and tries to escape on foot. The Orphan and Wilson fight it out on the edge of a precipice, and Wilson is thrown to his ...
When he was a boy, growing up in the Bad Lands of Dakota Territory, Jimmie Gordon's parents were killed by Tex Wilson, a brutal bandit. Jimmie swore vengeance, and, known only as The Orphan, he has spent the subsequent years looking for Wilson. At last, hot on the trail of the Wilson gang, The Orphan prevents a holdup of the Deadwood Stage but loses Wilson. He meets one of the passengers on the stage, Helen Shields, the daughter of the local sheriff, and accompanies her to town, only to discover that her father is an old friend whom he once saved from the Indians. As the men talk, Helen learns of The Orphan's tragic past, and the two are soon in love. On their wedding day, the venomous Wilson interrupts the ceremony, insults the unarmed bridegroom, and kidnaps Helen. Wilson makes his escape in the Deadwood Coach, closely followed by The Orphan. When the coach breaks down, Wilson abandons the unharmed girl and tries to escape on foot. The Orphan and Wilson fight it out on the edge of a precipice, and Wilson is thrown to his death.
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