''The Galloping Ace'' is a 1924 American
silent Western film
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...
directed by
Robert N. Bradbury
Robert North Bradbury (March 23, 1886 – November 24, 1949) (born Ronald E. Bradbury) was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. He directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941, and is best known for directing early "Poverty Row"-produc ...
and written by
Isadore Bernstein
Isadore Bernstein (November 26, 1876 – October 19, 1944) was an American screenwriter. He wrote screenplays for more than 60 films between 1914 and 1938. He was born in New York, New York and died in Hollywood, California from a heart att ...
. The film stars
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 ...
,
Margaret Morris,
Robert McKim,
Frank Rice, Julia Brown, and
Dorothea Wolbert
Dorothea Wolbert (April 12, 1874 – September 15, 1958) was an American film actress. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1916 and 1957. She appeared on the television series ''I Love Lucy'' (with her character named Dorothea Wolbe ...
. The film was released on March 31, 1924, by
Universal Pictures
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.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,
[ ] Jim Jordan, an ex-cowboy and service man, obtains a job on Anne Morse's ranch where his buddy, Zack Williams, is working. Kincaid, owner of an adjoining quarry, plots to get possession of the Morse land, which contains valuable black marble deposits. Failing to foreclose an illegal mortgage, Kincaid attempts to take the land by force. Jordan and Williams' fight off Kincaid's men with dynamite. Kincaid's schemes are defeated and Jordan weds Anne.
Cast
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1924 films
1920s English-language films
1924 Western (genre) films
Universal Pictures films
Films directed by Robert N. Bradbury
American black-and-white films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s American films