''Bustin' Thru'' (also written as ''Bustin' Through'') is a 1925 American
silent Western
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film directed by
Clifford Smith and starring
Jack Hoxie
John Hartford Hoxie (January 11, 1885 – March 28, 1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in ...
,
Helen Lynch
Helen Lynch (April 6, 1900 – March 2, 1965) was an American silent film actress, mainly known for her roles playing gun molls and other morally dubious characters.
Biography
Lynch was born in 1900 in Billings, Montana, where she was also ra ...
and
William Bailey.
[Munden, p. 100.]
Synopsis
Jack Savage refuses to sell his
ranch
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to
millionaire
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John Merritt who has previously shown no interest in ranching. It becomes clear that he believes that there is
gold
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beneath the property, and his
lawyer
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manages to acquire it through a technicality. However, Jack has fallen in love Merritt's daughter Helen, and after marrying her he reclaims his ranch.
Cast
*
Jack Hoxie
John Hartford Hoxie (January 11, 1885 – March 28, 1965) was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in ...
as Jack Savage
*
Helen Lynch
Helen Lynch (April 6, 1900 – March 2, 1965) was an American silent film actress, mainly known for her roles playing gun molls and other morally dubious characters.
Biography
Lynch was born in 1900 in Billings, Montana, where she was also ra ...
as Helen Merritt
*
William Bailey as Harvey Gregg
*
Alfred Allen as John Merritt
* George Grandee as Rudolph Romano
References
Bibliography
* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.
* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
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1925 films
1925 Western (genre) films
American silent feature films
Silent American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Clifford Smith
Universal Pictures films
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
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