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The Arizona Express

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Arizona Express
Film poster
Directed byTom Buckingham
Written byLincoln J. Carter
Frederick J. Jackson
StarringPauline Starke
Evelyn Brent
CinematographyBlake Wagner
Distributed byFox Film Corp.
Release date
  • March 23, 1924 (1924-03-23)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Arizona Express is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Pauline Starke and Evelyn Brent.[1][2]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] 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

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Preservation

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Prints of The Arizona Express survive in the Museum of Modern Art.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Arizona Express". silentera.com. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
  2. ^ Solomon p.287
  3. ^ Sloane, Henriette (March 29, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Arizona Express". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 26. Retrieved October 24, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-7864-4363-5.
  5. ^ "Arizona Express". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

Bibliography

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  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7864-6286-5
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