Tumbleweeds (1925)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

King Baggot

Writers:

Hal G. Evarts (story)
C. Gardner Sullivan (adaptation)

Release Date:

27 December 1925 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The...

Plot Keywords:

Cherokee Strip | Oklahoma | Homesteader | Kansas

Cast

William S. Hart	...	Don Carver
Barbara Bedford	...	Molly Lassiter
Lucien Littlefield	...	Kentucky Rose
J. Gordon Russell	...	Noll Lassiter
Richard Neill	...	Bill Freel (as Richard R. Niell)
Jack Murphy	...	Bart Lassiter
James Gordon	...	Joe Hinman
George F. Marion	...	Old man (as George Marion)
Gertrude Claire	...	Old woman
Lillian Leighton	...	Widow Riley

Runtime:

78 min | Spain:82 min | Canada:76 min (Ontario)

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Certification:

USA:Approved (1939 re-issue) | Canada:G (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company:

William S. Hart Productions

Trivia:

Ironically, tumbleweeds - the plant this movie is named after - are not native to Texas; they come from Russia.

Quotes:

Don Carver: Boys, it's the last of the West.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)

Big scale enthralling non-violent saga

Seen in a 16mm print from the 1939 release (not necessarily the 1975 restoration listed by imdb), the sheer sincerity of the film-makers appealed highly. Intelligent art-gallery audience loved it - shown on 40th anni of Hart's death. Sound was coarse (expected) but loud and consistent in quality with image