Wild to Go

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Wild to Go
Wild To Go (1926) Poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Robert De Lacey
Written by F.A.E. Pine
Starring
Cinematography John W. Leezer
Production
company
Distributed by Film Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • April 18, 1926 (1926-04-18)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited 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]

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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

Preservation

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

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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.PD-icon.svg 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

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