The Vagabond Trail
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by George Owen Baxter
| The Vagabond Trail | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Written by | Doty Hobart (writer) |
| Based on | Donnegan by George Owen Baxter |
| Produced by | Willam Fox |
| Starring | Buck Jones Marian Nixon |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Vagabond Trail is a lost[1] 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman and produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation.[2]
The film is based on the 1923 novel Donnegan by George Owen Baxter (aka Max Brand).[3][4]
As described in a film magazine review,[5] 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
- Buck Jones as Donnegan (credited as Charles Jones)
- Marian Nixon as Lou Macon
- Charles Coleman as Aces
- Lee Shumway as Lord Nick (credited as L.C. Shumway)
- Virginia Warwick as Nellie Le Brun
- Harry Lonsdale as Colonel Macon
- Frank Nelson as Slippy
- George H. Reed as George Romain
