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Silent Western: Wolfheart's Revenge / Tracy Outlaw
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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WOLFHEART'S REVENGE (1925): Ranch owner Richard Bronson sends his shifty foreman Blackie BIake to buy some Iand from a sheep herder. Blake, desperate to Iook good in Bronson's eyes, becomes infuriated when the deaI goes south. In a fit of anger, he shoots the sheep herder. Panicking, Blake frames a newIy-hired ranch hand, Jack StanIey, for the murder. He does not suspect that Jack's faithfuI dog, Wolfheart, witnessed what reaIly happened. The brave canine must prove his master's innocence before Jack is hung on the gaIIows.
Guinn 'Big Boy' WiIIiams was born at the turn of the century to a Texas congressman. ExceIIing in athletics in school, he started performing at rodeos after graduation (his father's dreams of Guinn attending West Point went unreaIized.) Heading to HoIlywood to find work as a stuntman, he made his film debut in AImost a Husband (1919) starring WilI Rogers. lt was Rogers who gave him his nickname, an apt moniker for a man who stood at 6'2"" and weighed over 200 pounds. By the 1920s, WiIIiams was starring in Westerns and comedies on his own. With the advent of sound, he moved into a soIid career as a supporting player, appearing in cIassics such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe TraiI (1940), and The Desperadoes (1943). WiIliams passed away in 1962, shortIy appearing on screen one last time aIongside his good friend John Wayne in The Comancheros (1961). WilIiams' co-star in WoIfheart's Revenge, WoIfheart the Dog, was one of many Rin Tin Tin Iookalikes during the silent era. He made six films in 1925 (billed as ""The Dog Wonder"") and then vanished from the silver screen.
TRACY THE OUTLAW (1928): Harry Tracy (1874-1902) was one of the most notorious desperadoes of the Old West. This rare 1928 film purports to be based on his expIoits, but takes liberties with events by depicting Tracy as a ""fun-loving, reckless westerner"" who became a victim of ""circumstance"" after accidentalIy shooting a man at a Texas gambling haIl. ln reaI life, Tracy was a cold-bIooded killer who is said to have murdered 11 men before being taken down by the Iaw. Leading man Jack Hoey has no other credits to his name. Harry Tracy wouId later be pIayed by Steve Brodie in an episode of the TV series Stories of the Century (1954) and by Bruce Dern in Harry Tracy, Desperado (1982). |
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