''Action'' is a 1921 American
silent Western film directed by
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...
and featuring
Hoot Gibson. The film is considered to be
lost.
According to contemporaneous newspaper reports, ''Action'' was based on
J. Allan Dunn's novel, ''The Mascotte of the Three Star''; ''Mascotte'' appeared as the lead novel in the
pulp magazine
Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955. The term "pulp" derives from the Pulp (paper), wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed, due to their ...
''
Short Stories'', February 1921.
[See, for example, the '' San Francisco Chronicle'', September 4, 1921. This reference also contradicts the presumed release date of September 12, since it advertises the film as opening on September 4.]
Plot
Cast
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Hoot Gibson as Sandy Brouke
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Francis Ford as Soda Water Manning
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J. Farrell MacDonald as Mormon Peters
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Buck Connors as Pat Casey
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Clara Horton as Molly Casey
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William Robert Daly as J. Plimsoll
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Dorothea Wolbert as Mirandy Meekin
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Byron Munson as Henry Meekin
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Charles Newton as Sheriff Dipple
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Jim Corey as Sam Waters
See also
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List of lost films
References
External links
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1921 films
1921 lost films
1921 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Films based on American novels
Films based on Western (genre) novels
Films directed by John Ford
English-language Western (genre) films
Lost American Western (genre) films
1920s English-language films
Silent American Western (genre) films
Universal Pictures films
1920s American films
Lost silent American films
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