When the brother, Dick Ross (Richard Thorpe), of his sweetheart, Mary Ross (Elsa Benham), is framed by their unscrupulous ranch-foreman, Jack Wells (Joe Rickson), Buddy Benson (Buddy Roosevelt)sets out to bring the foreman to justice, clear is sweetheart's brother, and win the hand of his sweetheart..
The 1920s represented a feverish zenith for the American Western, a period where the silent screen was not merely a medium of entertainment but a sprawling canvas for the construction of national mythos. In this landscape, Rough Ridin' (1924) emerges as a fascinating specimen of the 'B-Western' lineage, a film that pri...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Richard Thorpe
Edgar Jones
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"The 1920s represented a feverish zenith for the American Western, a period where the silent screen was not merely a medium of entertainment but a sprawling canvas for the construction of national mythos. In this landscape, Rough Ridin' (1924) emerges as a fascinating specimen of the 'B-Western' lineage, a film that prioritizes kinetic energy and moral rectitude over the burgeoning psychological complexity of its contemporaries. Directed with a steady, if utilitarian, hand by Richard Thorpe—who a..."
Betty Burbridge, Margaret M. Harris
United States
