The Vagabond Trail

The Vagabond Trail
The Vagabond Trail
Directed by	William A. Wellman
Written by	Doty Hobart (writer)
Based on	Donnegan; by George Owen Baxter
Produced by	Willam Fox
Starring	Buck Jones; Marian Nixon
Cinematography	Joseph H. August
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	March 9, 1924;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Vagabond Trail is a lost 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman and produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.^[1]

The film is based on the 1923 novel Donnegan by George Owen Baxter (aka Max Brand).^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[4] while playing with his younger brother Donnegan, Lord Nick is the cause of his injury and, when he learns that the youngster may die, he leaves home and becomes a vagabond. However, the boy does not die, and when he becomes older he sets out to find his older brother. He has several thrilling encounters, among which is one with a bully who shoots and wounds Donnegan rather severely. It develops after the shooting that the man who committed the crime is the brother for whom he had been searching. After a reconciliation, there is happiness among the parties.

Cast

Buck Jones as Donnegan (credited as Charles Jones)
Marian Nixon as Lou Macon
Charles Coleman as Aces
Lee Shumway as Lord Nick (credited as L.C. Shumway)
Virginia Warwick as Nellie Le Brun
Harry Lonsdale as Colonel Macon
Frank Nelson as Slippy
George H. Reed as George Romain

Preservation status

With no prints of The Vagabond Trail located in any film archives,^[5] it is a lost film.

References

^ Frank T. Thompson (February 1, 1983). William A. Wellman. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1594-0. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
^ "The Vagabond Trail". AFI. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Vagabond Trail at silentera.com
^ Sloane, Henriette (March 22, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Vagabond Trail". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24. Retrieved October 6, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Vagabond Trail

External links

The Vagabond Trail at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[Thompson1983-1] Frank T. Thompson (February 1, 1983). William A. Wellman. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1594-0. Retrieved September 13, 2013.

[2] "The Vagabond Trail". AFI. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: The Vagabond Trail at silentera.com

[ETR-4] Sloane, Henriette (March 22, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Vagabond Trail". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24. Retrieved October 6, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[5] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Vagabond Trail

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