The Texas Trail

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The Texas Trail
Poster for The Texas Trail (1925).jpg
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Directed by Scott R. Dunlap
Based onRangy Pete
by Guy Morton
Produced by Hunt Stromberg
Starring Harry Carey
CinematographyGeorges Benoît
Distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • June 1, 1925 (1925-06-01)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Texas Trail is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and featuring Harry Carey. [1]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, [2] when Betty Foster comes West, she finds that real cowboys are not a match to what movies have shown her. She has seen them through rose colored glasses. When a robbery occurs, a cowboy fails to protect her. She then disguises herself in a highwayman's clothing and recovers the loot. After she is captured by the bandits, her faith in the West is restored when cowboy Pete Grainger rescues her.

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: The Texas Trail". silentera.com. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
  2. "New Pictures: The Texas Trail", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 86, August 1, 1925, retrieved July 9, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .