The Wild Bull's Lair

The Wild Bull's Lair
The Wild Bull's Lair
Directed by	Del Andrews
Written by	Marion Jackson
Starring	Fred Thomson; Catherine Bennett; Herbert Prior;
Cinematography	Ross Fisher
Production; company	Film Booking Offices of America
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	June 28, 1925;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Wild Bull's Lair is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Fred Thomson, Catherine Bennett, and Herbert Prior.^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews,^[2] James Harbison obtains a wild animal which is the result of the crossed strain of a bison and a wild bull. When it escapes from him, Eagle Eye, an American Indian, leads the animal to Skull Mountain through a secret passage. Soon there is a rumor that the mountain is inhabited by a supernatural beast which rustles the cattle. Dan Allen is kept from investigating the gossip by his horse, Silver King, who refuses to go near the mountain. Henry Harbison is killed by the animal in the mountain. Eagle Eye comes to Henry’s father with word that he has found the lair of the beast. Old Harbison follows the Indian to a lonely spot where the latter commands him to consent to the marriage of himself and Eleanor Harbison, daughter of the ranger. When Harbison refuses to let his daughter marry an Indian, the latter threatens to turn loose the bull and let the man be gored to death. By terror the Indian succeeds in compelling Harbison to sign a note requesting his daughter to come to the spot. As he approaches, Eagle Eye is about to turn the bull loose on Harbison. Dan appears in time to seize the bull and, by sheer strength, to throw it on its back and save Eleanor and her father.

Cast

Fred Thomson as Dan Allen
Catherine Bennett as Eleanor Harbison
Herbert Prior as James Harbison
Thomas Carr as Henry Harbison
Frank Hagney as Eagle Eye
Frank Abbott as Yuma

References

^ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 266.
^ "New Pictures: The Wild Bull's Lair", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (8), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 49–50, August 16, 1925, retrieved July 17, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2

External links

The Wild Bull's Lair at IMDb

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[1] Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 266.

[2] "New Pictures: The Wild Bull's Lair", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (8), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 49–50, August 16, 1925, retrieved July 17, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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