Action (1921 film)

Action
Promotion for film in the Casper Daily Tribune (Wyoming), 1921
Directed by	John Ford
Screenplay by	Harvey Gates Peter B. Kyne
Based on	The Mascotte of the Three Star in Short Stories 1921 by J. Allan Dunn
Starring	Hoot Gibson
Cinematography	John W. Brown
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date	September 12, 1921 (1921-09-12)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Action is a lost ^[1] 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. ^[2] According to contemporaneous newspaper reports, Action was based on J. Allan Dunn's novel, The Mascotte of the Three Star; Mascotte appeared as the lead novel in the pulp magazine Short Stories , February 1921. ^[3]

Cast

• Hoot Gibson as Sandy Brouke
• Francis Ford as Soda Water Manning
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Mormon Peters
• Buck Connors as Pat Casey
• Clara Horton as Molly Casey
• William Robert Daly as J. Plimsoll
• Dorothea Wolbert as Mirandy Meekin
• Byron Munson as Henry Meekin
• Charles Newton as Sheriff Dipple
• Jim Corey as Sam Waters

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, Action is considered a lost film. ^[1]

See also

• List of lost films

References

1. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Action". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
2. "Progressive Silent Film List: Action". silentera.com. Retrieved February 26, 2008.
3. See, for example, the San Francisco Chronicle , September 4, 1921. This reference also contradicts the presumed release date of September 12, since it advertises the film as opening on September 4.

External links

• Action at IMDb
• Action at the TCM Movie Database
• Action at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films