''Thundering Hoofs'' is a 1924 American silent

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film directed by

Albert S. Rogell Albert S. Rogell (August 21, 1901 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - April 7, 1988 Los Angeles, California) was an American film director. Rogell directed more than a hundred movies between 1921 and 1958. He was the uncle of producer Sid Rogell. Filmogr ...

and starring

Fred Thomson Frederick Clifton Thomson (February 26, 1890 – December 25, 1928) was an American silent film cowboy who rivaled Tom Mix in popularity before dying at age 38 of tetanus. Birth and athletic achievement Born in Pasadena, California to Clara ...

Ann May Ann Beatrice Sullivan (born Anna Beatrice Max; November 25, 1898https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4117736_00342?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=40249610 – July 26, 1985), known professionally as Ann May, was a silent f ...

, and

William Lowery William Lowery (July 22, 1885 – November 15, 1941) was an American silent film actor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and was signed by the Thanhouser Company in 1914. Lowery's parents were actors, and he first acted at age 9. He enliste ...

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, Dave Marshall (Thomson) fights Luke Severn (Lowery) when he finds him beating his beautiful white horse Silver King on the understanding the horse is to be allowed to choose his master, and the horse chooses Dave. Severn arranges with bandits to waylay a coach carrying Don Estrada (Mailes), who is carrying money, and his daughter Carmelita (May). Dave saves the situation by lassoing all the bandits and suspending them from a tree. The coach's horses run away, but Dave catches up to the coach, grasps the wagon pole from beneath, pulls himself up to the seat and stops the runaway coach. However, Severn slanders him by telling Don Estrada Dave is a bandit. Dave nevertheless continues to visit Carmelita on the sly, and meets with narrow escapes and much adventure. The Don and Carmelita return to Mexico and she writes Dave, saying she is to be forced to marry Severn. Dave follows, seeking to prevent the wedding. He is thrown in jail by the infuriated Don. Severn secures Silver King, beats the horse, and finally sends it into the bull ring. Dave manages to escape and he dashes through the streets, eluding the Mexican soldiers by climbing over housetops, leaping from one to another, finally landing in the ring just as the horse is knocked down. Seizing the maddened bull by the horns, he gives the excited populace the thrill of their lives by using his cowboy experience in bulldogging the animal. The audience goes wild with enthusiasm. After a sheriff from the United States arrives with a warrant charging Severn with being the leader of a gang of bandits, the Don gives his consent to Dave’s marriage to Carmelita.

Cast

as Dave Marshall *

as Carmelita Estrada *

as Luke Severn *

Fred Huntley Fred Huntley (29 August 1862 in London, England – 1 November 1931 in Hollywood, California) was an English silent film actor and director. Fred Huntley made his theater debut at London's Covent Garden in 1879. After years as the leading m ...

as John Marshall *

Charles Hill Mailes Charles Hill Mailes (25 May 1870 – 17 February 1937) was a Canadian actor of the silent era. Biography Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1870, Mailes appeared in 290 films between 1909 and 1935. He married the actress Claire McDowell ...

as Don Juan Estrada * Charles De Ravenne as Don Carlos Estrada *

Carrie Clark Ward Carrie Clark Ward (January 9, 1862 – February 6, 1926) was an American actress of the silent era. Biography Ward was born in Virginia City, Nevada, in 1862. In 1885 Clark acted in a company at the San Francisco Bush Street Theatre. Wa ...

as Duenna *

Willie Fung Willie Fung (3 March 1896 – 16 April 1945) was a Chinese-American film actor who played supporting roles in 125 American films between 1922 and 1944. Like many Chinese actors working in Hollywood during the era, he often played Japanese charac ...

as Cook

Preservation

Prints of ''Thundering Hoofs'' are held by the

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and private collections.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 266

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* {{Albert S. Rogell 1924 films 1924 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Albert S. Rogell Film Booking Offices of America films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films