Thundering Hoofs
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Directed byAlbert S. Rogell
Written byMarion Jackson
Frances Marion
StarringFred Thomson
Ann May
William Lowery
CinematographyRoss Fisher
Production
company
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • October 26, 1924 (1924-10-26)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Thundering Hoofs is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Fred Thomson, Ann May, and William Lowery.[1]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[2] Dave Marshall (Thomson) fights Luke Severn (Lowery) when he finds him beating his beautiful white horse Silver King on the understanding the horse is to be allowed to choose his master, and the horse chooses Dave. Severn arranges with bandits to waylay a coach carrying Don Estrada (Mailes), who is carrying money, and his daughter Carmelita (May). Dave saves the situation by lassoing all the bandits and suspending them from a tree. The coach's horses run away, but Dave catches up to the coach, grasps the wagon pole from beneath, pulls himself up to the seat and stops the runaway coach. However, Severn slanders him by telling Don Estrada Dave is a bandit. Dave nevertheless continues to visit Carmelita on the sly, and meets with narrow escapes and much adventure. The Don and Carmelita return to Mexico and she writes Dave, saying she is to be forced to marry Severn. Dave follows, seeking to prevent the wedding. He is thrown in jail by the infuriated Don. Severn secures Silver King, beats the horse, and finally sends it into the bull ring. Dave manages to escape and he dashes through the streets, eluding the Mexican soldiers by climbing over housetops, leaping from one to another, finally landing in the ring just as the horse is knocked down. Seizing the maddened bull by the horns, he gives the excited populace the thrill of their lives by using his cowboy experience in bulldogging the animal. The audience goes wild with enthusiasm. After a sheriff from the United States arrives with a warrant charging Severn with being the leader of a gang of bandits, the Don gives his consent to Dave’s marriage to Carmelita.

Cast

Preservation

Prints of Thundering Hoofs are held by the UCLA Film and Television Archive[3] and private collections.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Thundering Hoofs at silentera.com
  2. ↑ Sewell, Charles S. (December 6, 1924). "Thundering Hoofs; Barbara LaMarr and Bert Lytell Are Starred in Sawyer-Lubin Production for First National". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 71 (6): 547. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  3. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Thundering Hoofs
  4. ↑ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 266

Bibliography

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


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