Action is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. The film is considered to be lost.[1] 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.[2]
| Action | |
|---|---|
 Promotion for film in the Casper Daily Tribune (Wyoming), 1921 | |
| Directed by | John Ford |
| Screenplay by | Harvey Gates Peter B. Kyne |
| Based on | The Mascotte of the Three Star in Short Stories 1921 by J. Allan Dunn |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | John W. Brown |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
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Cast
edit- Hoot Gibson as Sandy Brouke
- Francis Ford as Soda Water Manning
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Mormon Peters
- Buck Connors as Pat Casey
- Clara Horton as Molly Casey
- William Robert Daly as J. Plimsoll
- Dorothea Wolbert as Mirandy Meekin
- Byron Munson as Henry Meekin
- Charles Newton as Sheriff Dipple
- Jim Corey as Sam Waters
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Action". silentera.com. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
- ^ See, for example, the San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 1921. This reference also contradicts the presumed release date of September 12, since it advertises the film as opening on September 4.
External links
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- Action at the TCM Movie Database
- Action at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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