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The Vagabond Trail

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The Vagabond Trail
Directed byWilliam A. Wellman
Written byDoty Hobart (writer)
Based onDonnegan
by George Owen Baxter
Produced byWillam Fox
StarringBuck Jones
Marian Nixon
CinematographyJoseph H. August
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 9, 1924 (1924-03-09)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Vagabond Trail is a lost 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman and produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.[1]

The film is based on the 1923 novel Donnegan by George Owen Baxter (aka Max Brand).[2][3]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[4] while playing with his younger brother Donnegan, Lord Nick is the cause of his injury and, when he learns that the youngster may die, he leaves home and becomes a vagabond. However, the boy does not die, and when he becomes older he sets out to find his older brother. He has several thrilling encounters, among which is one with a bully who shoots and wounds Donnegan rather severely. It develops after the shooting that the man who committed the crime is the brother for whom he had been searching. After a reconciliation, there is happiness among the parties.

Cast

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Preservation status

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With no prints of The Vagabond Trail located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ Frank T. Thompson (February 1, 1983). William A. Wellman. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1594-0. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  2. ^ "The Vagabond Trail". AFI. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Vagabond Trail at silentera.com
  4. ^ Sloane, Henriette (March 22, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Vagabond Trail". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24. Retrieved October 6, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Vagabond Trail
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