Where the Worst Begins
{{short description|1925 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Where the Worst Begins
| image = Where The Worst Begins Us (1925, lobby card).jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = John McDermott
| producer =
| writer = Joseph Anthony Roach
George F. Worts
| starring = Ruth Roland
Alec B. Francis
Matt Moore
| cinematography = Byron Haskin
| editing = Edward M. McDermott
| studio = Co-Artists Productions
| distributor = Truart Film Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1925|11|01}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Where the Worst Begins is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by John McDermott and starring Ruth Roland, Alec B. Francis, and Matt Moore.Langman, p. 506[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WhereTheWorstBegins1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Where the Worst Begins] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: Where the Worst Begins |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=23 |issue=11 |pages=69 |date=5 December 1925 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/1228/mode/1up |access-date=14 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} a young woman living on a ranch longs to go East, so to obtain money to make the trip kidnaps the son of a wealthy Eastern couple vacationing in the West and holds him for ransom. After the capture, love interest develops between the young people, and the complications that ensue are numerous but are happily terminated.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Ruth Roland as Jane Brower
- Alec B. Francis as August Van Dorn
- Matt Moore as Donald Van Dorn
- Grace Darmond as Annice Van Dornn
- Roy Stewart as Cliff Ranger
- Derelys Perdue as Annice's Friend
- Theodore Lorch
- Ernie Adams
- J.P. Lockney
- Bob Burns
- Floyd Shackelford
}}
References
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Bibliography
- Langman, Larry. A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group, 1992. {{ISBN|0-313-27858-X}}
External links
{{commons category|Where the Worst Begins}}
- {{IMDb title|0016520}}
{{John McDermott}}
Category:1925 Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by John McDermott
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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