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Wild Horse Mesa(1925 film)

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Wild Horse Mesa
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge B. Seitz
Written byLucien Hubbard
Based onWild Horse Mesa
byZane Grey
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBert Glennon
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • August 9, 1925(1925-08-09)(NYC)
  • September 14, 1925(1925-09-14)(USA)
Running time
95 minutes (8reels)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent(Englishintertitles)

Wild Horse Mesais a 1925 AmericansilentWesternfilm directed byGeorge B. Seitzand starringJack Holt,Noah Beery Sr.,Billie Dove,andDouglas Fairbanks Jr.[1][2]Based on the novelWild Horse MesabyZane Grey,the film is about a rancher who, desperate for money, decides to trap and sell wild horses usingbarbed wire.The localNavajotribe tries to persuade him not to do it. The film was produced byFamous Players–Laskyand released byParamount Pictures.Wild Horse Mesawas filmed on location in Colorado. Prints of the film have survived.[3][4]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine reviews,[5]Lige Melberne and his men plan to corral a herd of wild horses by driving them into a barbed wire trap in the canyon of Wild Horse Mesa. Weymer stumbles into their camp. He and Sue at once are infatuated. Chess Weymer, brother of Chane, is also in love with Sue. Upon seeing the barbed wire fence built to corral the horses, Chane Weymer warns the party that it will kill half the herd to drive them into the wire. Weymer, Melbeme, and Sue try to take the fence down and save the oncoming horses but the others in the Melberne party attack Melbeme and Weymer and tie them. As the horses come into view Sue, cuts Weymer’s bonds and he is into the saddle to head them off. He captures the king horse for his share of the booty. However, when Sue offers to marry him if he will give the poor creature its freedom, he is struck with the pathos of her situation and frees the horse with no fee. The freed horse starts up the side of the mountain and leads the herd away from the wire to safety. The girl then falls in the arms of Weymer.

Cast

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Publicity still with Jack Holt and Billie Dove

References

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  1. ^abHans J. Wollstein."Wild Horse Mesa (1925)".Movies & TV Dept.The New York Times.Archived fromthe originalon January 30, 2013.RetrievedSeptember 15,2012.
  2. ^The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Wild Horse Mesa
  3. ^"Progressive Silent Film List:Wild Horse Mesa".silentera.com.RetrievedSeptember 15,2012.
  4. ^The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Wild Horse Mesa
  5. ^"New Pictures:Wild Horse Mesa",Exhibitors Herald,22(8), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 51–52, August 16, 1925,retrievedJuly 28,2022Public DomainThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in thepublic domain.
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