All Around Frying Pan

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All Around Frying Pan
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Directed by David Kirkland
Written byDavid Kirkland
Frank Richardson Pierce
Starring Fred Thomson
James A. Marcus
Clara Horton
Cinematography Ross Fisher
Production
company
Distributed by Film Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • November 8, 1925 (1925-11-08)
Running time
1 hour
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

All Around Frying Pan is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by David Kirkland and starring Fred Thomson, James A. Marcus, and Clara Horton. [1] [2]

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Plot

Bart Andrews (Fred Thomson) is a drifting cowboy who is arrested for vagrancy by a sheriff (James A. Marcus) in need of men for the state rad gang. The sheriff stops off at a rodeo on the way to the jail. At the rodeo, Bart has an opportunity to ride a wild bronc, and he tames the horse. At the urging of some cowboys, the sheriff allows Bart to go to work on the Lawrence ranch. Bart falls in love with Jean Dawson (Clara Horton), the daughter of ranch manager Jim Dawson (John Lince).

Bart prevents the theft of the trainload of cattle, and later surprises the foreman in the act of robbing the safe at the express office. In the ensuing fight, the station agent is killed, and Bart is accused of the crime. Bart frees himself, brings the foreman to justice, and reveals himself to be the real owner of the Lawrence ranch. [3]

Cast

Preservation

The film is now lost. [4]

Production

All Around Frying Pan was one of several Westerns that Fred Thomson made for FBO, most of which included his white horse, Silver King. [5]

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References

  1. McCaffrey, Donald W.; Jacobs, Christopher P. (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 266. ISBN   978-0-313-30345-6.
  2. All Around Frying Pan at silentera.com
  3. Institute, American Film (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. p. 14. ISBN   978-0-520-20969-5.
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:All Around Driying Pan
  5. Rowan, Terry (2013). The American Western A Complete Film Guide. Lulu.com. p. 398. ISBN   978-1-300-41858-0.