Arizona Bound (1927 film)

Arizona Bound is a lost[3][4] 1927 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper, Betty Jewel, and El Brendel.[2]

Arizona Bound
Lobby card
Directed byJohn Waters
Produced byE. Lloyd Sheldon
Written by
Story byRichard Allen Gates
Starring
CinematographyCharles Edgar Schoenbaum
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • April 9, 1927 (1927-04-09) (USA)
Running time
53 minutes
5 reels, 4,912 ft [1][2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Written by Richard Allen Gates, Alfred Hustwick, Marion Jackson, and John Stone, the film is about an Arizona cowboy who spends most of his time caring for his white horse and pursuing a local girl, who is unimpressed with his irresponsible ways.

After he takes a job as a stagecoach guard to protect a shipment of gold, he is attacked by a Texas gang. After being accused of being one of the bandits, he narrowly escapes lynching, retrieves the gold, and establishes his innocence and wins the trust of the local girl. Arizona Bound was filmed on location in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah.

Produced by E. Lloyd Sheldon for Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, the film was released on April 9, 1927, in the United States.

Plot

In the small mining town of Mesquite, cowboy Dave Saulter (Gary Cooper) spends most of his time looking after his white wonder horse Flash and romantically pursuing a local girl named Ann Winslow (Betty Jewel). Unimpressed with Dave's irresponsible ways, she attends a dance with another cowboy, Buck Hanna (Jack Dougherty). At the dance, Dave is able to ensnare Buck just as he is about to take the first dance with Ann. Later, an embittered Buck plans to steal the gold shipment entrusted to his protection. Meanwhile, Dave ties up the man tasked with protecting the shipment and goes in his place.

As the coach makes its way along a desert road, a bandit named Texas Jack (Christian J. Frank) and his gang waylay the shipment and knock Dave unconscious. After Buck and his men accuse Dave of being involved in the heist, the Swede Oley Smoke Oleson (El Brendel) accidentally locates the stolen gold. When Ann discovers that Buck is guilty of the heist, she confronts him, and he kidnaps her in a coach, with Dave in hot pursuit. When he catches up to the fleeing bandit, he overpowers Buck and wins the heart of Ann.

Cast

Production

Arizona Bound was filmed on location in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah[5]:286 also The Apache Trail and Papago Park in Arizona.

References
  1. "Arizona Bound(1927): Original Print Information". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  2. "Progressive Silent Film List: Arizona Bound". silentera.com. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  3. Arizona Bound at Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures - 1927 Archived August 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Arizona Bound
  5. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
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