Durand of the Bad Lands (1925 film)

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Durand of the Bad Lands
Durand of the Bad Lands lobby card.jpg
Directed by Lynn Reynolds
Written by Maibelle Heikes Justice
Lynn Reynolds
Starring
Cinematography Allen M. Davey
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 1, 1925 (1925-11-01)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Durand of the Bad Lands is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Buck Jones, Marian Nixon, and Malcolm Waite. [1] It is a remake of the 1917 film of the same title.

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Plot

Pete Garson, a henchman of Sheriff Clem Allison, commits various crimes under the guise of former rancher Dick Durand. The latter, hearing about the situation, returns from Mexico to clear his name. There, Dick meets and falls in love with Molly Gore, who initially spurns his attention. However, after performing a series of good deeds that finally establishes his innocence, her attitude softens and, in the end, she returns his love. [2] [3]

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Durand of the Bad Lands located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film. [5]

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References

  1. Solomon p. 295
  2. American Film Institute (1971), Munden, Kenneth White (ed.), The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, University of California Press, p. 207, ISBN   0520209699.
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Durand of the Bad Lands
  4. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Durand of the Bad Lands
  5. Durand of the Bad Lands at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Fox films - 1925

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