Wild to Go

Wild to Go
Film poster
Directed by	Robert De Lacey
Written by	F.A.E. Pine
Starring	Tom Tyler Frankie Darro Eugenia Gilbert
Cinematography	John W. Leezer
Production company	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	April 18, 1926 (1926-04-18)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Wild to Go is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey and starring Tom Tyler, Frankie Darro, and Eugenia Gilbert. ^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine, ^[2] Tom Blake, on his way to get money from the bank to pay off the mortgage on his boss's ranch, is intercepted by Jake Trumbull, the foreman of Simon Purdy, the man who holds the mortgage. Tom is shanghaied, but escapes and swims ashore to a school for young women, where he meets Marjorie Felton, his boss's daughter. Jake then kidnaps Tom and Marjorie and forces Tom to state where he left the check. Frankie, Tom's younger brother, slips off, gets the check, and delivers it to Purdy just in time. Tom frees himself and rescues the young woman.

Cast

• Tom Tyler as Tom Blake
• Frankie Darro as Frankie Blake
• Fred Burns as Simon Purdy
• Ethan Laidlaw as Jake Trumbull
• Earl Haley as Henchman 'Baldy'
• Eugenia Gilbert as Marjorie Felton

Preservation

A print of Wild to Go is held in the collection of CINEMATEK in Brussels. ^[3]

References

1. Munden, p. 1045.
2. "New Pictures: Wild to Go". Exhibitors Herald. 25 (06). Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 73. April 24, 1926. Retrieved March 25, 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Wild to Go

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• Wild to Go at IMDb