A Desert Bridegroom (1922)
Western | 28 May 1922
Cast:
Jack Hoxie, Evelyn Nelson [ More ]Director:
Roy ClementsWriter:
Roy ClementsProduction Company:
Ben Wilson ProductionsThe title of this film was sometimes spelled as A Desert Bride Groom or The Desert Bride Groom.
On 11 February 1922, Motion Picture News announced that writer-director Roy Clements was “now completing” the picture with star Jack Hoxie. Although a 24 June 1922 Moving Picture World brief indicated that this was a two-reel short, a release guide in the 14 July 1923 Exhibitors Trade Review reported it was 4,784 feet, or five reels. A listing for a screening at Los Angeles, CA’s Hippodrome Theatre on 21 January 1923, in that day’s Los Angeles Times, stated that A Desert Bridegroom was “said to be, if that is possible, more zippy and fast-moving than the previous vehicles given this husky young player, Jack Hoxie.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. ...
The title of this film was sometimes spelled as A Desert Bride Groom or The Desert Bride Groom.
On 11 February 1922, Motion Picture News announced that writer-director Roy Clements was “now completing” the picture with star Jack Hoxie. Although a 24 June 1922 Moving Picture World brief indicated that this was a two-reel short, a release guide in the 14 July 1923 Exhibitors Trade Review reported it was 4,784 feet, or five reels. A listing for a screening at Los Angeles, CA’s Hippodrome Theatre on 21 January 1923, in that day’s Los Angeles Times, stated that A Desert Bridegroom was “said to be, if that is possible, more zippy and fast-moving than the previous vehicles given this husky young player, Jack Hoxie.”
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
The Desert Bride Groom
Jack Harkins, sheriff of Stony Ridge, goes in search of Red Saunders, who caused the death of Jack's sister, and incurs the enmity of the townsmen in Cactus Center. Saunders, who is forcing his attentions on Matilda Ann Carter, a wealthy young heiress, is frightened by the approach of Harkins. Ann shields him from his pursuers and leads him to Saunders, to whom he gives a fierce beating. Saunders feigns death, and Harkins is sought for murder but manages to expose the ruse. All ends ...
Jack Harkins, sheriff of Stony Ridge, goes in search of Red Saunders, who caused the death of Jack's sister, and incurs the enmity of the townsmen in Cactus Center. Saunders, who is forcing his attentions on Matilda Ann Carter, a wealthy young heiress, is frightened by the approach of Harkins. Ann shields him from his pursuers and leads him to Saunders, to whom he gives a fierce beating. Saunders feigns death, and Harkins is sought for murder but manages to expose the ruse. All ends happily.
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