The Burning Trail

1925 film

William Desmond
Albert J. Smith
Mary McIvor

CinematographyGilbert Warrenton

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Distributed byUniversal Pictures

Release date

May 10, 1925 (1925-05-10)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Burning Trail is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Albert J. Smith, and Mary McIvor.^[1]^[2] After accidentally killing a man in a fight, a boxer heads West.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Smiling Bill wanders west to forget that he killed a man in the boxing ring, and goes into the desert. Meanwhile, he has incurred the enmity of Texas, a bad man. Texas gets a job at the Corliss ranch. Texas attempts to show the younger Corliss boy how to get stock across a neighboring sheepman's land. However, the boy loves the sheepman's daughter and does not want to stir up strife with him. A fight breaks out just as Bill arrives at the Corliss ranch, and he goes for the sheriff. Before the sheriff arrives, the elder Corliss is killed. Bill rescues the sheepman's daughter and another young woman.

Cast

William Desmond as Smiling Bill Flannigan
Albert J. Smith as Texas
Mary McIvor as Nell Loring
Jim Corey as Black Loring
Jack Dougherty as John Corliss
Edmund Cobb as Tommy Corliss
Dolores Rousse as Esther Ramsey
Harry Tenbrook as Reginald Cholmondeley
Janet Gaynor as Extra

References

^ Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 99. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Burning Trail at silentera.com
^ "New Pictures: The Burning Trail", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (5): 53, April 25, 1925, retrieved January 23, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.