Hearts and Spurs

1925 film

  • June 7, 1925 (1925-06-07)
Running time
50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Hearts and Spurs is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Buck Jones, Carole Lombard, and William B. Davidson.[1][2] The film was partly shot on location in San Bernardino County. It received mixed reviews on its release.[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] Sybil Estabrook, a young Eastern woman visits the ranch where her brother Oscar has been sent to make a man of himself. The brother has gotten himself in the clutches of a gambler who forces him to violate the law in order to pay off his poker debts. Hal, a young man, befriends Sybil and wins her gratitude and saves the brother from disgrace. The gambler is captured and then falls under some sliding boulders and is killed.

Cast

  • Buck Jones as Hal Emory
  • Carole Lombard as Sybil Estabrook
  • William B. Davidson as Victor Dufresne
  • Freeman Wood as Oscar Estabrook
  • Jean La Motte as Celeste
  • J. Gordon Russell as Sid Thomas
  • Walt Robbins as Terry Clark
  • Charles Eldridge as The Sheriff
  • Lucien Littlefield as Ford Driver

References

  1. ^ Goble p. 793
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Hearts and Spurs at silentera.com
  3. ^ Morgan
  4. ^ "New Pictures: Hearts and Spurs", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (5), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 57, July 25, 1925, retrieved June 30, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Morgan, Michelle. Carole Lombard: Twentieth-Century Star. History Press, 2016.

External links

  • Hearts and Spurs at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Lobby card and stills at thescrewballgirl.com
  • Lantern slide at carole-and-co.livejournal.com
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Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke