The Love Bandit
| The Love Bandit | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dell Henderson |
| Written by | Charles E. Blaney (play) Norman Houston (play) Lewis Allen Browne |
| Starring | Doris Kenyon Victor Sutherland Cecil Spooner |
Production company | Charles E. Blaney Productions |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date | January 6, 1924 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Love Bandit is a 1924 American silent Western film with Northwoods theme directed by Dell Henderson and starring Doris Kenyon, Victor Sutherland and Cecil Spooner.[1][2]
Plot
A man Fred Clayton(G. James) robs his employers and is threatened with jail. His sister Amy(Doris Kenyon) marries his boss Jim Blazes(Vic Sutherland) to save Fred from prison. Amy doesn't love Jim so Jim returns to his lumber company. Amy is later kidnapped amid growing skulduggery at the camp. Jim gets into a vicious gun fight with Amy's kidnappers whom he later subdues. He saves Amy who was tied to a buzzsaw table for certain death. After she is rescued, Amy comes to the realization that she loves Jim.[3]
Cast
- Doris Kenyon as Amy Van Clayton
- Victor Sutherland as Jim Blazes
- Cecil Spooner as Madge Dempsey
- Lorenza Valentine as "Frenchie" Annie
- Jules Cowles as Henri Baribeau
- Gardner James as Frederick Van Clayton
- Christian J. Frank as Buck Ramsdell
- Dorothy Walters as Maggie McGuiry[4]
- Edward Boulden as "Snapper" Rollins
- Walter Jones as John Lawson
See also
- Blue Jeans (1917)
- The Ice Flood (1926)
Preservation status
- An abridged version of the film survives with a private collector.[5]
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Love Bandit
- ^ Goble p.845
- ^ The Love Bandit; allmovie.com by Janet Garza
- ^ "The Love Bandit", review, Variety, February 14, 1924, p. 27. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Love Bandit
Bibliography
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.