The Untamed (1920 film)

The Untamed is a 1920 American silent western film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Tom Mix, Pauline Starke, and George Siegmann. It was based on a novel of the same name by Max Brand and was remade as a sound film Fair Warning in 1931.[1][2]

The Untamed
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Directed byEmmett J. Flynn
Written byH.P. Keeler
Based onThe Untamed
by Max Brand
StarringTom Mix
Pauline Starke
George Siegmann
CinematographyFrank B. Good
Irving Rosenberg
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Company
Release date
  • August 29, 1920 (1920-08-29)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Whistling Dan (Mix), the adopted son of rancher Joe Cumberland (Barrows), has been raised since childhood with the latter aware of his instinct to fight like an animal and kill that which harms him. Joe has forbidden Dan from frequenting Morgan's Place, a gathering ground of local renegades and desperadoes. Joe then purchases the place with the intent to close it, and on the last day of its activity Dan encounters Jim Silent (Siegmann), an insulting cowboy. When he is left behind following an unfair fight to perish in the building after his enemy has set fire to it, Dan is rescued by his dog and horse. Starting off in pursuit of Jim, Dan is followed by Kate (Starke), his foster sister and sweetheart. Dan comes to doubt Kate after a pair of misrepresenting circumstances. After she falls into traps set by villainous followers of Jim, she escapes with the help of Dan's dog and a member of Jim's gang who has an obligation to Dan for his freedom from arrest. She effects Dan's rescue and restores his faith in her.

Cast

Preservation

A print of The Untamed is in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. Solomon p. 325
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Untamed
  3. "Reviews: The Untamed". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 11 (14): 90. October 2, 1920.
  4. Progressive Silent Film List: The Untamed at silentera.com
  5. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Films: The Untamed

Bibliography
  • Aubrey Solomon. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.


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