''Sundown'' is a 1924 American silent

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film directed by

Laurence Trimble Laurence Norwood Trimble (February 15, 1885 – February 8, 1954) was an American silent film film director, director, screenwriter, writer and actor. Trimble began his film career directing Jean (dog), Jean, the Vitagraph Dog, the first canine ...

and

Harry O. Hoyt Harry O. Hoyt (August 6, 1885 – July 29, 1961) was an American screenwriter and film director whose film career began in 1912, during the silent film, silent era. He graduated with a degree in literature from Yale University in 1910. His 1925 ...

, produced and distributed by

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, and starring

Bessie Love Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned ne ...

Frances Marion Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens; November 18, 1888 – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis a ...

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, and Kenneth B. Clarke wrote the screenplay based on an original screen story by Earl Hudson. This film was the only production cinematographer David Thompson ever worked on. This film is presumed lost.

Production

It was primarily filmed on location in Texas, on a plateau outside of

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Plot

In the

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, tensions between ranchers and homesteaders rise as homesteads take over land that ranchers need for their cattle. John Brent (Stewart) and his son Hugh (Bosworth) decide to drive their cattle to Mexico and settle there. Their cattle stampede, destroying the home of the Crawleys. Young Ellen Crawley (Love) convinces the Brents to let her family accompany them to Mexico. Hugh and Ellen fall in love.

Cast

Reception

The film was universally well-reviewed.

References

External links

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Still featuring Bessie Love

Lobby card
{{Laurence Trimble 1924 films 1924 lost films 1924 Western (genre) films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films English-language Western (genre) films Films directed by Harry O. Hoyt Films directed by Laurence Trimble Films shot in Texas First National Pictures films Lost American Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films Lost silent American films