Ridin' the Wind

1925 film

  • Marion Jackson
  • Frances Marion
Starring
  • Fred Thomson
  • Jacqueline Gadsdon
  • David Dunbar
CinematographyRoss Fisher
Production
company
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • August 9, 1925 (1925-08-09)
Running time
6 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Ridin' the Wind is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Del Andrews and starring Fred Thomson, Jacqueline Gadsdon, and David Dunbar.[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[2] a young rancher who loves the sheriff’s daughter is deputized to help break up a bandit gang. He captures the leader and learns that it is his brother, who is supposed to be in college. He clears his brother and wins the affections of the young woman.

Cast

  • Fred Thomson as Jim Harkness
  • Jacqueline Gadsdon as May Lacy
  • Lewis Sargent as Dick Harkness
  • David Dunbar as Leader of the Black Hat Gang
  • Betty Scott as Dolly Dutton
  • David Kirby as Sheriff Lacy

References

  1. ^ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 266
  2. ^ "New Pictures: Ridin' the Wind", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (4), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 49, October 17, 1925, retrieved October 17, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2
  • Ridin' the Wind at IMDb


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