| Not a Drum Was Heard | |
| Director: | William Wellman |
| Producer: | William Fox |
| Story: | Ben Ames Williams |
| Starring: | Buck Jones |
| Cinematography: | Joseph H. August |
| Editing: | Harry Marker |
| Distributor: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Not a Drum Was Heard is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman.[1] [2] The title is taken from the first line of Charles Wolfe's poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna":
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Jack Mills and Bud Loupel; they ride the ranch together, rescue each other from certain death, and fall in love with Jean Ross. She selects Bud to be the lucky one. Married life starts in a bungalow acquired on the installment plan from the town banker Rand, who also had courted Jean. Bud obtains employment at the bank as a teller. He falls into a trap set by Rand and steals funds. Jack hears of it, stages a holdup to cover the money, and tries to assume all blame. However, Bud has been mortally wounded and, in the mix-up, exonerates his friend before he dies.
With no prints of Not a Drum Was Heard in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.