Durand of the Bad Lands (1925 film)

1925 film

Durand of the Bad Lands

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Directed by| Lynn Reynolds
Written by| Maibelle Heikes Justice
Lynn Reynolds
Starring|

* Buck Jones
* Marian Nixon
* Malcolm Waite

Cinematography| Allen M. Davey

Production
company

Fox Film Corporation

Distributed by| Fox Film Corporation

Release date

* November 1, 1925 (1925-11-01)

Running time

| 50 minutes
Country| United States
Languages| Silent
English intertitles

Durand of the Bad Lands is a lost 1925 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Buck Jones, Marian Nixon, and Malcolm Waite.[1] It is a remake of the 1917 film of the same title.

## Plot

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Pete Garson, a henchman of Sheriff Clem Allison, commits various crimes under the guise of former rancher Dick Durand. The latter, hearing about the situation, returns from Mexico to clear his name. There, Dick meets and falls in love with Molly Gore, who initially spurns his attention. However, after performing a series of good deeds that finally establishes his innocence, her attitude softens and, in the end, she returns his love.[2][3]

## Cast

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* Buck Jones as Dick Durand
* Marian Nixon as Molly Gore
* Malcolm Waite as Clem Allison
* Fred DeSilva as Peter Garson
* Luke Cosgrave as Kingdom Come Knapp
* George Lessey as John Boyd
* Buck Black as Jimmie
* Seessel Anne Johnson as Clara Belle
* James Corrigan as Joe Gore
* Carole Lombard as Ellen Boyd
* Jack Curtis as Actor

## Preservation

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With no prints of Durand of the Bad Lands located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

## See also

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* 1937 Fox vault fire

## References

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1. ^ Solomon p. 295
2. ^ American Film Institute (1971), Munden, Kenneth White (ed.), The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, University of California Press, p. 207, ISBN 0520209699.
3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Durand of the Bad Lands
4. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Durand of the Bad Lands
5. ^ Durand of the Bad Lands at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Fox films - 1925

## Bibliography

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* Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Durand of the Bad Lands (1925 film).

* Durand of the Bad Lands at IMDb