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Tumbleweeds

  • 19251925
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 18m
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William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925)
Western
The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims... Read allThe government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.
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  • Directors
    • King Baggot
    • William S. Hart(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Hal G. Evarts(story)
    • C. Gardner Sullivan(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • William S. Hart
    • Barbara Bedford
    • Lucien Littlefield
  • Directors
    • King Baggot
    • William S. Hart(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Hal G. Evarts(story)
    • C. Gardner Sullivan(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • William S. Hart
    • Barbara Bedford
    • Lucien Littlefield
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    • 21User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    William S. Hart and Nino Cochise in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    Barbara Bedford and William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart and Jack Murphy in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart, Lucien Littlefield, and Turner Savage in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart and Jack Murphy in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart and Jack Murphy in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    Gertrude Claire, Monte Collins, William S. Hart, Lillian Leighton, and Richard Neill in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    Jack Murphy in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart and Nino Cochise in Tumbleweeds (1925)
    William S. Hart in Tumbleweeds (1925)

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    William S. Hart
    William S. Hart
    • Don Carver
    • (as Wm. S. Hart)
    Barbara Bedford
    Barbara Bedford
    • Molly Lassiter
    Lucien Littlefield
    Lucien Littlefield
    • Kentucky Rose
    J. Gordon Russell
    • Noll Lassiter
    Richard Neill
    Richard Neill
    • Bill Freel
    • (as Richard R. Niell)
    Jack Murphy
    Jack Murphy
    • Bart Lassiter
    James Gordon
    James Gordon
    • Joe Hinman
    George F. Marion
    George F. Marion
    • Old Man
    • (as George Marion)
    Gertrude Claire
    Gertrude Claire
    • Old Woman
    Lillian Leighton
    Lillian Leighton
    • Widow Riley
    Taylor N. Duncan
    • Cavalry Major
    • (as Ted Duncan)
    Nino Cochise
    • Indian
    • (uncredited)
    Monte Collins
    Monte Collins
    • Hicks
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Gamble
    • Hotel Proprietor
    • (uncredited)
    Al Hoxie
    Al Hoxie
    • Cowboy
    • (uncredited)
    George Marion
    • Homesteader
    • (uncredited)
    Apache Bill Russell
    • Indian
    • (uncredited)
    Turner Savage
    • Riley Boy
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • King Baggot
      • William S. Hart(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Hal G. Evarts(story)
      • C. Gardner Sullivan(adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      This film was first telecast on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT Thursday 17 July 1941. It is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946.
    • Quotes

      Don Carver: Boys, it's the last of the West.

    • Alternate versions
      The 1939-reissued version was preceded by an eight-minute sound prologue with William S. Hart introducing the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Great Chase (1962)

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    8/10
    The New Frontier
    TUMBLEWEEDS (United Artists, 1925), Directed by King Baggott, stars the legendary William S. Hart (1865-1946) in what proved to become his final screen appearance. Virtually unknown by today's standards, Hart was a popular leading cowboy actor dating back to 1914, whose success would be categorized as a sort of Gary Cooper or John Wayne of his day. Hart was versatile in other roles, but westerns were his specialty, with many, including Hart himself, ranking TUMBLEWEEDS as his finest of all his westerns.

    Opening title: "Man and beast – both blissfully unaware that their reign is over." Set in 1889, Dan Carver (William S. Hart), a range boss of the Box K Ranch, known as "just another tumbleweed," is introduced as a sympathetic cowboy who fails to shoot a rattlesnake only because it has as much right to be around as anyone else. He also takes in a couple of orphan wolf dog puppies to find them a home after their parent dogs have been poisoned. The plot develops as the United States Government allowing ranchers to graze cattle on their payment to the Cherokee Land Strip, 12,000 square miles of undeveloped prairie land between Kansas and Oklahoma. Riding to Caldwell, Kansas (population 200), on the edge of the Cherokee Strip, Dan spreads the news to its local residents. Journeying to his destination with "Kentucky Rose" (Lucien Littlefield), they encounter Mrs. Riley (Lillian Leighton), a widow woman with three children, who takes a liking to Kentucky Rose. After intervening with Noll Lassiter (J. Gordon Russell) for abusing a boy, Bart (Jack Murphy), and his dog, he forces the brutal man to apologize to both. Dan immediately bonds with Bart who now looks up to him as a father figure. However, after accidentally roping a young girl (Barbara Bedford) in a saloon, Dan soon learns that the girl, named Molly, happens to be sister of Bart and half-sister to the villainous Noll Lassiter. Because of his interest in Molly, Dan decides to settle down and stake out a homestead claim for himself, with the possibility of having Molly become his future wife. Noll, however, unwilling to overlook Dan's defeat over him, schemes with Benton, alias Bill Freel (Richard R. Neill), to have Dan put out of the way. They arrange in having Dave accused and arrested as a "sooner," which finds him being held prisoner inside a bull pen while the bad guys so as much as commit murder so they can legally stake the claim for themselves.

    Most circulating prints of TUMBLEWEEDS consist of a 1939 reissue from Astor Pictures introducing eight minutes of spoken prologue by William S. Hart himself where he talks about his "greatest picture" from his Horseshoe Ranch in Newhall, California. After listening to Hart's speaking voice, it is much regret that this once popular actor of the silent screen never starred in at least one talkie western, even possibly a sound remake to his greatest movie, TUMBLEWEEDS. Chances are had be proceeded in his career in talkies, he most definitely would have succeeded, even if later reduced to matinée cowboy star as Tim McCoy or Ken Maynard for example. However, this 1939 prologue is the one and only chance for viewers to get to hear him speak, through his wonderful tribute to both himself and the movie itself.

    Home video to TUMBLEWEEDS dating back to the 1980s either from Blackhawk or a decade later from Republic Pictures also contain the Hart prologue. Rather than the orchestral score with off-screen singing to title card songs, both video/DVD editions are piano scored by William H. Perry for the Killiam collection. Clocked at 77 minutes (not counting the prologue), it seems a shame that this and THE TOLL GATE (1920) to date have become the only two Hart westerns to have limited broadcasts on public television some decades ago. Considering that TUMBLEWEEDS is hailed as Hart's best movie makes one wonder if his other silent westerns are equally as good or even better? The films of William S. Hart deserve better recognition in movie history. At least TUMBLEWEEDS is still available (on DVD) to remain one of the finer westerns to come out from the silent movie era, along with being both an introduction and rediscovery to the great quiet-type cowboy hero named William S. Hart. (***)
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    • Release date
      • December 27, 1925 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Präriens vagabond
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Clarita, California, USA
    • Production company
      • William S. Hart Productions
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    • Budget
      • $312,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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