• Source: Born to the West (1926 film)

      • Born to the West is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by John Waters and written by Zane Grey and Lucien Hubbard. The film stars Jack Holt, Margaret Morris, Raymond Hatton, Arlette Marchal, George Siegmann, Bruce Gordon, and William A. Carroll. The film was released on June 14, 1926, by Paramount Pictures.


      Plot


      As described in a film magazine, Kentucky schoolboys Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore fight over Nell Worstall, and when the conflict ends both boys bear scars for life. Years later, after Dare moves to Colorado, they meet and again fight. The Dare loves his schoolgirl sweetheart Nell dearly, and learns that her father is in jail on a trumped up charge made by his rival, and that Nell has consented to marry Bate to save her father. The rival with his gang try to get rid of this man, who is saved by his pal. After several exciting incidents in which the young woman is forced to marry the rival, Belle, a dancing girl at the Paradise Bar, knifes Bate after he strikes her, and Nell escapes. The fight between the miner's and their rivals then ensues and the feud between the two rivals is ended in an interesting manner.


      Cast


      Jack Holt as 'Colorado' Dare Rudd
      Margaret Morris as Nell Worstall
      Raymond Hatton as Jim Fallon
      Arlette Marchal as Belle of Paradise Bar
      George Siegmann as Jesse Fillmore
      Bruce Gordon as Bate Fillmore
      William A. Carroll as Nell's Father
      Tom Kennedy as Dinkey Hooley
      Richard Neill as Sheriff Haverill
      Edith Yorke as Mrs. Rudd
      E. Alyn Warren as Sam Rudd
      Billy Aber as 'Colorado' Dare Rudd, as a child
      Jean Johnston as Nell Worstall, as a child
      Joe Butterworth as Bate Fillmore, as a child


      Preservation


      With no prints of Born to the West located in any film archives, it is a lost film.


      References




      External links


      Born to the West at IMDb

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