Action (1921 film)

Action

Ad for the film in the Casper Daily Tribune (Wyoming), October 21, 1921
Directed by John Ford
Written by J. Allan Dunn
Harvey Gates
Peter B. Kyne
Starring Hoot Gibson
Cinematography John W. Brown
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release dates
  • September 12, 1921 (1921-09-12)
Running time
50 minutes
Country United States
Language Silent

Action is a 1921 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Hoot Gibson. It was based on Peter B. Kyne's popular novel The Three Godfathers. The film is considered to be lost.[1] According to contemporaneous newspaper reports, Action was based on J. Allan Dunn's novel, The Mascotte of the Three Star; Mascotte appeared as the lead novel in the pulp magazine Short Stories, February 1921.[2]

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References

  1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Action". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-02-26.
  2. See, for example, the San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 1921. This reference also contradicts the presumed release date of September 12, since it advertises the film as opening on September 4.

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