Code of the West | |
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Directed by | William K. Howard |
Written by | Zane Grey Lucien Hubbard |
Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Owen Moore Constance Bennett Mabel Ballin Charles Stanton Ogle David Butler George Bancroft Gertrude Short |
Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Code of the West is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by William K. Howard and written by Zane Grey and Lucien Hubbard. The film stars Owen Moore, Constance Bennett, Mabel Ballin, Charles Stanton Ogle, David Butler, George Bancroft and Gertrude Short. The film was released on April 6, 1925, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] [3]
As described in a film magazine review, [4] Cal Thurman, a timid fellow, thinking that the woman he is to meet at the train station is an old maid, avoids her when he finds that she is a pretty young woman who flirts with the cowboys. He finally uses rough methods to win her love and, after through flames in a forest fire, succeeds in winning her.
With no prints of Code of the West located in any film archives, [5] it is a lost film. [6]
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