The Arizona Express
{{short description|1924 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Arizona Express
| image = The Arizona Express (1924).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Tom Buckingham
| producer =
| writer = Lincoln J. Carter
Frederick J. Jackson
| starring = Pauline Starke
Evelyn Brent
| music =
| cinematography = Blake Wagner
| editing =
| distributor = Fox Film Corp.
| released = {{film date|1924|3|23}}
| runtime = 76 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
The Arizona Express is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Pauline Starke and Evelyn Brent.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/ArizonaExpress1924.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Arizona Express |accessdate=September 5, 2011 |work=silentera.com}}Solomon p.287
Plot
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As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Sloane |first=Henriette |title=Box Office Reviews: The Arizona Express |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=26 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=29 March 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n319/mode/1up |access-date=24 October 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} David Keith, although engaged to a young woman of the town, comes to love Lola Nichols, a cabaret dancer who pretends to love him in order to obtain information on the layout of a bank that she and her gang intend to rob. When Keith's uncle discovers the plan, he is killed by one of the woman's confederates. Keith is accused of the murder and sent to prison. Just a few minutes before he is set to be executed, he is pardoned by the governor through the efforts of his sister Katherine and her sweetheart Steve, who have secured evidence that establishes his innocence.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Pauline Starke as Katherine Keith
- Evelyn Brent as Lola Nichols
- Anne Cornwall as Florence Brown
- Harold Goodwin as David Keith
- David Butler as Steve Butler
- Francis McDonald as Victor Johnson
- Frank Beal as Judge Ashton
- William Humphrey as Henry MacFarlane
- Otto Hoffman as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Bud Jamison as Thug Driver (uncredited)
- Sherwood Mertz (Undetermined Secondary Role, uncredited)
}}
Preservation
Prints of The Arizona Express survive in the Museum of Modern Art.{{cite book |title=Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook |first=Lynn |last=Kear |year= 2009 |isbn= 978-0-7864-4363-5 |page= 139}}{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2807/default.html |title=Arizona Express |accessdate=January 9, 2014 |work=American Silent Feature Film Survival Database}}
References
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Bibliography
- Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-6286-5}}
External links
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- {{IMDb title|0014682}}
- [http://www.silentsaregolden.com/featurefolder9/AEcommentary.html Review] at silentsaregolden.com
- {{Youtube|PhykRbAGmZI|The Arizona Express}}
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Category:1924 crime drama films
Category:American crime drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Articles containing video clips
Category:Films directed by Tom Buckingham
Category:Films with screenplays by Frederick J. Jackson
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
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