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Durand of the Bad Lands (1925 film)

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Durand of the Bad Lands
Directed byLynn Reynolds
Written byMaibelle Heikes Justice
Lynn Reynolds
Starring
CinematographyAllen M. Davey
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 1, 1925 (1925-11-01)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Durand of the Bad Lands is a lost 1925 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Buck Jones, Marian Nixon, and Malcolm Waite.[1] It is a remake of the 1917 film of the same title.

Plot

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Pete Garson, a henchman of Sheriff Clem Allison, commits various crimes under the guise of former rancher Dick Durand. The latter, hearing about the situation, returns from Mexico to clear his name. There, Dick meets and falls in love with Molly Gore, who initially spurns his attention. However, after performing a series of good deeds that finally establishes his innocence, her attitude softens and, in the end, she returns his love.[2][3]

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of Durand of the Bad Lands located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Solomon p. 295
  2. ^ American Film Institute (1971), Munden, Kenneth White (ed.), The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, University of California Press, p. 207, ISBN 0520209699.
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Durand of the Bad Lands
  4. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Durand of the Bad Lands
  5. ^ Durand of the Bad Lands at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Fox films - 1925

Bibliography

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  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
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