Treat 'Em Rough (1919 film)

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For the 1942 film starring Eddie Albert and William Frawley, see Treat 'Em Rough.

Treat 'Em Rough
File:Treat 'Em Rough.jpg
Movie poster
Directed by Lynn Reynolds
Written by Lynn Reynolds (scenario)
Based on Treat 'Em Rough
by Charles Alden Seltzer
Starring Tom Mix
Jane Novak
Cinematography Devereaux Jennings
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release dates
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  • January 5, 1919 (1919-01-05)
Running time
 5 reels
Country United States
Language Silent
English intertitles

Treat 'Em Rough is a 1919 American silent Western film starring Tom Mix and directed by Lynn Reynolds, who also wrote the screenplay based upon a novel by Charles Alden Seltzer. The supporting cast includes Jane Novak and Val Paul. The picture was filmed in Prescott, Arizona.[1] Mix plays a gunfighter who is hired to stop a gang of cattle rustlers.[2] Mix's stunt work in this film was so impressive that a Variety reviewer suggested that trick photography was involved.[3]

Plot

As described in a film publication,[4] daredevil cowboy Ned Ferguson (Mix) is hired by John Stafford (Curtis) to stop the cattle rustling plaguing his ranch. On the way to the ranch Ned is bitten by a rattlesnake and is nursed by Mary Radford (Novak), who is writing a western novel. Ranch foreman Dave Leviatt (Le Moyne) tells Ned that Mary's brother Ben (Paul) is behind the rustling. After Ben and Ned come to an understanding, Dave shoots Ben from undercover, and Ben is sure that Ned double-crossed him. Mary will have nothing to do with Ned, even after Ned saves her life during a cattle stampede. Ned finally runs down the rustlers, and Mary sees him as a hero instead of merely putting him in her novel.

Cast

Preservation

The film was preserved at the George Eastman House in 2008 through a federal grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.[5][6]

See also

References

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External links

  1. ↑ "Motion Picture Attractions", Reading Eagle, December 29, 1918, p. 11.
  2. ↑ Larry Langman, A Guide to Silent Westerns (Greenwood Publishing Group 1992), ISBN 978-0313278587, p. 466. Excerpts available at Google Books.
  3. ↑ Hal Erickson, "Treat 'em Rough (1919)" (review), New York Times (accessed 2013-12-28).
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  5. ↑ 2008 NEPF Awarded Grants
  6. ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Treat 'Em Rough
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