''Sundown'' is a 1924 American
silent Western
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film directed by
Laurence Trimble
Laurence Norwood Trimble (February 15, 1885 – February 8, 1954) was an American silent film film director, director, screenwriter, writer and actor. Trimble began his film career directing Jean (dog), Jean, the Vitagraph Dog, the first canine ...
and
Harry O. Hoyt
Harry O. Hoyt (6 August 1885 – 29 July 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent film, silent era. He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910. His 1925 fi ...
, produced and distributed by
First National Pictures
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, and starring
Bessie Love
Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned ei ...
.
Frances Marion
Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens, November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis a ...
,
Marion Fairfax
Marion Fairfax (born Marion Neiswanger; October 24, 1875 – October 2, 1970) was an American screenwriter, playwright, actress, and producer.
Early career
Fairfax first started her career as a stage actress, just like many other women did in ...
, and Kenneth B. Clarke wrote the screenplay based on an original screen story by Earl Hudson. This film was the only production cinematographer David Thompson ever worked on. This film is presumed
lost
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.
Production
It was primarily filmed on location in Texas, on a plateau outside of
El Paso
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.
Plot
In the
American West
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, tensions between ranchers and homesteaders rise as homesteads take over land that ranchers need for their cattle. John Brent (Stewart) and his son Hugh (Bosworth) decide to drive their cattle to Mexico and settle there. Their cattle stampede, destroying the home of the Crawleys. Young Ellen Crawley (Love) convinces the Brents to let her family accompany them to Mexico. Hugh and Ellen fall in love.
Cast
Reception
The film was universally well-reviewed.
References
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1924 films
1924 Western (genre) films
1924 lost films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Harry O. Hoyt
Films directed by Laurence Trimble
First National Pictures films
Lost American films
Lost Western (genre) films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films