''Overland Bound'' is a 1929 American

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film directed by

Leo D. Maloney Leo Daniel Maloney (January 4, 1888 – November 2, 1929) was an American film actor, film director, director, film producer, producer, and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. Biography Leo Daniel Maloney was born on January 4, 188 ...

and starring Maloney,

Allene Ray Allene Ray (born Allene Ray Burch; January 2, 1901 – May 5, 1979) was an American film actress. Early years Born in Devine, Texas, Ray grew up on her father's ranch with her four sisters and two brothers. She was learning to ride by age 3, an ...

Jack Perrin Jack Perrin (born Lyman Wakefield Perrin; July 25, 1896 – December 17, 1967) was an American actor specializing in Westerns. Early life Perrin was born in Three Rivers, Michigan. His father worked in real estate and relocated the family ...

and

Lydia Knott Lydia Knott (October 1, 1866 – March 30, 1955) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1914 and 1937. Biography Knott was born in Tyner, Indiana, the daughter of Lambert and Clarissa Kn ...

. It is considered to be the first all-talking B Western to be made, following on from the success of the hit 1928

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Western ''

In Old Arizona ''In Old Arizona'' is a 1928 American sound ( All-Talking) pre-Code Western film directed by Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings, nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film, which was based on the character of the Cisco ...

''. Despite the drawback of the film's poor sound recording quality, it was successfully distributed.Tuska, p. 23. It was Maloney's final film as he died from a

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shortly after its release.

Synopsis

A man tries to trick a mother and her daughter into selling their

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, a potentially lucrative property on the site of a future

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. He hires a man to pose as the mother's long-lost son.

Cast

as Lucky Lorimer *

as Mary Winters *

as Larry Withers / Jimmy Winters *

as Ma Winters *

Hal Taliaferro Floyd Taliaferro Alderson (November 13, 1895 – February 10, 1980) was an American film actor who specialized in westerns. After serving in the Great War, he began his career in the era of silent films, when he frequently used the name Wally ...

as Buck Hawkins * Charles K. French as Underwood * Albert J. Smith as Keno Creager * William Dyer as Boss Wheeler * Starlight the Horse as Starlight * Bullet the Dog as Bullet

References

Bibliography

* Tuska, Jon. ''The Vanishing Legion: A History of Mascot Pictures, 1927-1935''. McFarland, 1999.

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* 1929 films 1929 Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Leo D. Maloney Rayart Pictures films Transitional sound Western (genre) films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1920s-Western-film-stub

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