A Roaring Adventure

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A Roaring Adventure
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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
  • February 8, 1925 (1925-02-08)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited 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]

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Plot

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.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of A Roaring Adventure located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. ↑ Munden, p. 660.
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: A Roaring Adventure at silentera.com
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Roaring Adventure

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