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Smoking Trails
Also known as {The Smoking Trail}
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4500 feet
Directed by William Bertram

Cast: Bill Patton, William Bertram, Jack House, Tom Ross, Alma Rayford, Adrian Rayford, Maine Geary, [?] Pete Morrison?

Frank D. Hutter Productions production; distributed by Madoc Sales. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was granted a New York state exhibition license on 22 September 1924. The surviving print was recovered from a Tennessee railroad depot.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, April 1925, page 73] . . . with a plot concerning the capture of cattle rustlers by a Ranger who makes his investigations while working as a cowboy. His disclosure of the crooks comes opportunely for Barton, ranch owner, who has been forced to borrow money from Lathrop, the head of the rustlers gang. The ranger’s reward is the love of the beautiful daughter of Barton.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm nitrate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 October 2014.

References: Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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