Fear-Bound

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Fear-Bound
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Still with Welch and Daw
Directed by William Nigh
Written byWilliam Nigh
Starring Marjorie Daw
William Nigh
Niles Welch
Cinematography Edward Paul
Production
company
Nigh-Smith Pictures
Distributed by Vitagraph Company of America
Release date
January 18, 1925
  • January 18, 1925 (1925-01-18)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Fear-Bound is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by William Nigh and starring Marjorie Daw, William Nigh, and Niles Welch. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, [3] deserted by her shiftless husband and three sons, Ma Tumble (Mackintosh) works the little farm and raises her infant daughter Falfi. Fifteen years later Falfi (Daw) meets a stranger who proves to be the youngest son Jim (Nigh). Falfi pleads so with Ma that she lets him stay. The arrival of the sheriff finds Jim crazed with fear as he had aided his father and brothers in a bank robbery. A soldier appears and tells the family that Jim died in France a hero in the war. To escape the law, the family moves to another state and Falfi opens a restaurant. All goes well until Pa (Roseman) and the brothers appear. The soldier Tod (Welch), now a mine owner, gets Jim a job as a guard at the mine and, though afraid, he accepts. When money for the mine is to be transported, his shiftless father makes him change uniforms with his brother and they go to rob the money wagon. Jim, cowering in fear, binds himself to his bed. Ma discovers him and the deception, and Jim admits he always was a coward and says he hid in France so as to be captured. He slinkds away from the house and meets his father and brothers. The youngest taunts him about being yellow, and Jim suddenly finds himself and fights them all. When the youngest brother starts to help, they subdue the others. Jim is once again proclaimed a hero and Tod decides to marry Falfi.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Fear-Bound located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. ↑ Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 234. ISBN   0-520-20969-9.
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Fearbound at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Sewel, Charles S. (February 14, 1925). "Fear-Bound; Vitagraph Offers Will Nigh in Powerful Characterization of Heavy and Intensely Dramatic Role". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 72 (7): 703. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database
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