A Roaring Adventure Explained

A Roaring Adventure
Starring:Jack Hoxie
Mary McAllister
Marin Sais
Cinematography:Harry Neumann
Studio:Universal Pictures
Distributor:Universal Pictures
Runtime:50 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent
English intertitles

A Roaring Adventure is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Mary McAllister and Marin Sais.[1] [2]

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] Duffy Burns (Hoxie), easterner since college days, visits his father in the cattle country and learns that rustlers are depleting the stock. He obtains employment on his father's ranch without disclosing his identity, and falls in love with Gloria Carpenter (McAllister), daughter of one of the thieves. In league with him is Katherine Dodd (Sais), a widow he has befriended, and Gloria cannot understand their friendship. Duffy and a shriff's posse frustrate the thieves attempt to "clean up," Gloria's father reforms, and Duffy wins the affections of the young woman.

Preservation

With no prints of A Roaring Adventure located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Munden, p. 660.
  2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RoaringAdventure1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: A Roaring Adventure
  3. Smith . Sumner . Roaring Adventure; Jack Hoxie Sars in Another Excellent Universal Western Production . The Moving Picture World . 72 . 7 . 700 . Chalmers Publishing Co. . New York City . 14 February 1925 . 4 September 2021.
  4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8758/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Roaring Adventure