| A Roaring Adventure | |
|---|---|
 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Clifford Smith |
| Written by |
Isadore Bernstein Percy Heath |
| Based on | "The Tenderfoot" by Jack Rollens |
| Starring |
Jack Hoxie Mary McAllister Marin Sais |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages |
Silent English intertitles |
A Roaring Adventure is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Mary McAllister and Marin Sais. [1] [2]
As described in a review in a film magazine, [3] Duffy Burns (Hoxie), easterner since college days, visits his father in the cattle country and learns that rustlers are depleting the stock. He obtains employment on his father's ranch without disclosing his identity, and falls in love with Gloria Carpenter (McAllister), daughter of one of the thieves. In league with him is Katherine Dodd (Sais), a widow he has befriended, and Gloria cannot understand their friendship. Duffy and a shriff's posse frustrate the thieves attempt to "clean up," Gloria's father reforms, and Duffy wins the affections of the young woman.
- Jack Hoxie as Duffy Burns
- Mary McAllister as Gloria Carpenter
- Marin Sais as Katherine Dodd
- J. Gordon Russell as Robert Carpenter
- Jack Pratt as Brute Kilroy
- Francis Ford as Colonel Burns / Bennett Hardy
- Margaret Smith as Kitty Dodd (age 5)
With no prints of A Roaring Adventure located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.
- ^ Munden, p. 660.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Roaring Adventure at silentera.com
- ^ Smith, Sumner (February 14, 1925). "Roaring Adventure; Jack Hoxie Sars in Another Excellent Universal Western Production". The Moving Picture World. 72 (7). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 700. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Roaring Adventure
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
- 1925 films
- 1925 lost films
- 1925 Western (genre) films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- Films directed by Clifford Smith
- Lost American Western (genre) films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- Universal Pictures films
| A Roaring Adventure | |
|---|---|
|
Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Clifford Smith |
| Written by |
Isadore Bernstein Percy Heath |
| Based on | "The Tenderfoot" by Jack Rollens |
| Starring |
Jack Hoxie Mary McAllister Marin Sais |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages |
Silent English intertitles |
A Roaring Adventure is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Mary McAllister and Marin Sais. [1] [2]
As described in a review in a film magazine, [3] Duffy Burns (Hoxie), easterner since college days, visits his father in the cattle country and learns that rustlers are depleting the stock. He obtains employment on his father's ranch without disclosing his identity, and falls in love with Gloria Carpenter (McAllister), daughter of one of the thieves. In league with him is Katherine Dodd (Sais), a widow he has befriended, and Gloria cannot understand their friendship. Duffy and a shriff's posse frustrate the thieves attempt to "clean up," Gloria's father reforms, and Duffy wins the affections of the young woman.
- Jack Hoxie as Duffy Burns
- Mary McAllister as Gloria Carpenter
- Marin Sais as Katherine Dodd
- J. Gordon Russell as Robert Carpenter
- Jack Pratt as Brute Kilroy
- Francis Ford as Colonel Burns / Bennett Hardy
- Margaret Smith as Kitty Dodd (age 5)
With no prints of A Roaring Adventure located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.
- ^ Munden, p. 660.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Roaring Adventure at silentera.com
- ^ Smith, Sumner (February 14, 1925). "Roaring Adventure; Jack Hoxie Sars in Another Excellent Universal Western Production". The Moving Picture World. 72 (7). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 700. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Roaring Adventure
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
- 1925 films
- 1925 lost films
- 1925 Western (genre) films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- Films directed by Clifford Smith
- Lost American Western (genre) films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- Universal Pictures films