| Let's Go, Gallagher | |
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| Directed by | Robert De Lacey |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John W. Leezer |
Production company | Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Let's Go, Gallagher is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Tom Tyler, Barbara Starr, and Olin Francis. [1]
As described in a film magazine review, [2] Tom Gallagher, cowboy, wanders into a saloon and gets into a fight, as a result of which he is chased by a sheriff’s posse. He pauses in his flight long enough to rescue Little Joey, a small boy, and a dog from under the wheels of a train and the posse catches him. However, he is released and goes to work on the Bar M ranch owned by Dorothy Manning. Dorothy’s ranch hands are mismanaging things and her foreman, Black Carter, and another man are rustling her cattle. She makes Tom her foreman. The others resent this, especially Black Carter, who is in love with Dorothy and has told her that things will go better if she responds to his advances. Black Carter and Thug ambush Tom and Dorothy and Tom saves the young woman from death. Tom goes away to try to get money to clear the mortgage that Perkins holds on the ranch, and while he is gone Black Carter and Thug kidnap Dorothy. Then Tom is captured and tied up. He escapes, however, and reaches the ranch with the money ahead of Black Carter. Then oil is found on the ranch and all ends well.
Tom London was an American actor who played frequently in B-Westerns. According to The Guinness Book of Movie Records, London is credited with appearing in the most films in the history of Hollywood, according to the 2001 book Film Facts, which says that the performer who played in the most films was "Tom London, who made his first of over 2,000 appearances in The Great Train Robbery, 1903. He used his birth name in films until 1924.
Frankie Darro was an American actor and later in his career a stuntman. He began his career as a child actor in silent films, progressed to lead roles and co-starring roles in adventure, western, dramatic, and comedy films, and later became a character actor and voice-over artist. He is perhaps best known for his role as Lampwick, the unlucky boy who turns into a donkey in Walt Disney's second animated feature, Pinocchio (1940). In early credits, his last name was spelled Darrow.
Tom Tyler was an American actor known for his leading roles in low-budget Western films in the silent and sound eras, and for his portrayal of superhero Captain Marvel in the 1941 serial film The Adventures of Captain Marvel. Tyler also played Kharis in 1940's The Mummy's Hand, a popular Universal Studios monster film.
Tumbleweeds is a 1925 American silent Western film starring and produced by William S. Hart. It depicts the Cherokee Strip land rush of 1893. The film is said to have influenced the Oscar-winning 1931 Western Cimarron, which also depicts the land rush. The 1939 Astor Pictures' re-release of Tumbleweeds includes an 8-minute introduction by the then 75-year-old Hart as he talks about his career and the "glories of the old west." Tumbleweeds was Hart's last movie.
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Black Is White is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Dorothy Dalton and directed by Charles Giblyn. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The movie is based on a novel, Black is White, by George Barr McCutcheon. The film's spelling differs from the spelling of the novel. The plot is one in which a woman stands almost any form of abuse from a man and finally forgives him at the moment she has opportunity for the revenge she has always sought, such stories being somewhat popular at the time.
Olin Caldwell Francis was an American actor.
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What Fools Men is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Lewis Stone, Shirley Mason, and Ethel Grey Terry.
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The Knockout Kid is a 1925 American silent Western comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jack Perrin, Molly Malone, and Eva Thatcher.
The Business of Love is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Irving Reis and Jess Robbins and starring Edward Everett Horton, Barbara Bedford, and Zasu Pitts.
The Demon Rider is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Paul Hurst and starring Ken Maynard. It was distributed on a State Rights basis by Davis Distributing.
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Fighting the Flames is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. It is not known whether the film currently survives.
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