Tumbleweeds

Colorized Classic Western Movie: Tumbleweeds - 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.

Tumbleweeds (1925)
Director: King Baggot, William S. Hart
Writers: Hal G. Evarts, C. Gardner Sullivan
Stars: William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield
Genre: Western
Country: United States
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 1925(New York City, New York)
Filming Location: Santa Clarita, California, USA

Synopsis:
In 1889 the Cherokee Strip is opened to homesteaders, and Don Carver, one of the self-styled “tumbleweeds” and range boss of the Box K Ranch, finds himself out of a job. He meets and falls in love with Molly Lassiter, who belongs to one of the many families of homesteaders who have gathered in Caldwell, Kansas, for the big land rush. Don decides to sign up for a piece of land and hopes to claim the site of the Box K ranch house, which controls the water for the strip. Molly’s evil half-brother, Noll, and Bill Freel, Don’s rival for Molly’s hand, conspire to have Don arrested as a “sooner” when he tries to round up some stray cattle in the Strip. Don breaks out of the stockade to join the rush, but he finds Noll and Freel already at the ranch house when he arrives. Don evicts them, and troopers arrive and arrest the two as “sooners.” Molly finally consents to be Don’s wife.

Reviews:
“Once it was among the most popular movies of its kind, and now it’s generally remembered only by silent movie fans, but “Tumbleweeds” is a classic silent Western that’s still worth seeing. To be sure, a lot of its appeal now comes from nostalgia, but in its time it was close to the top of its genre.

The opening scenes start the story nicely, and they also give it some thoughtful overtones, with cowboys Hart and Lucien Littlefield coming to realize their role as “Tumbleweeds” in a changing world. The ‘tumbleweed’ image is used well in developing Hart’s character, as he faces the consequences of the land rush and of the personal affairs he gets involved in. The story itself has a lot of familiar elements, without many surprises, but the atmosphere and the characters are enough to carry it.

The land rush sequence is probably the most exciting part of the movie, and it is quite a fine set piece. It’s later followed by a fast-paced climactic chase that also works well. The action makes a good complement to the atmosphere of the changing frontier, making it a movie that fits together nicely, and that still works pretty well.”

• written by “Snow Leopard” on IMDb.com
  

Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) Tumbleweeds
Brazil O Rei do Deserto
Denmark Det forbudte Land
France Le fils de la prairie
Germany Die Steppenreiter von Texas - Western Perlen 30
Greece Αγριόχορτα
Japan 曠野の志士(Japanese)
Portugal O Filho da Pradaria
Soviet Union Перекати-поле(Russian)
Spain El hijo de la pradera
Sweden Präriens vagabond
United States Tumbleweeds

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