Tumbling River (1927)
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Collection: Motion Picture News, May 1927
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Tom Mix | Dorothy Dwan | Lewis Seiler (Director)
Rest of cast:
William Conklin | Estella Essex | Elmo Billings | Edward Peil Sr. | Wallace MacDonald | Buster Gardner | Harry Gripp | Buster the Horse | Tony the Horse | J. E. Grinstead (Novel) | Jack Jungmeyer (Writer) | Daniel B. Clark (Cinematographer) | Wynn Mace (Assistant Director) | William Fox (Presenter)
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Tumbling River
A Typical Mix with Thrills A-Plenty
(Reviewed by Chester J. Smith)
There is something about Tom Mix pictures that seems to differ just a trifle from those of other Western stars.
While the stories are usually about the same, with the trusted ranch foreman the villainous cattle rustler, at the same time when a thrill is called for Tom puts it on pretty. And there are thrills galore in this one.
It seems just a matter of course for Tom and Tony [Tony the Horse] to plunge over a steep embankment and both to come up uninjured. It is a trivial matter for Tom to lower himself out over the river and lasso the girl as she is about to be plunged to death with the villain, who is abducting her as they descend the rapids and near the falls. It is just an incident when the herd of horses being taken across the river by the rustlers become stampeded and each of the head plunges into the river and swims to safety.
The story is the usual one of the type. Dorothy Dwan, young and winning daughter of the rich rancher, is a romantic miss with a penchant for getting into and being saved from serious situations. But she hadn’t seen anything till Tom came into her life; then she was saved so often that it must have become monotonous to her. At any rate she liked it well enough to marry the hero, which made the story perfect.
The Cast: Tom Mix, Dorothy Dwan, William Conklin, Stella Essex, Elmo Billings, Edward Pell, Sr., Wallace MacDonald, Buster Gardner, Harry Gripp.
Theme: Western in which the hero outwits the villain, who is the trusted ranch foreman, and wins the daughter of the wealthy rancher.
Production Highlights: The thrilling plunge over the cliff by Tom and Tony; the rescue of the girl in the swirling rapids; the stampede of the horses from the barge; the furious and daring riding.
Exploitation Angles: The star’s name, of course is the best bet and you can promise more genuine thrills than usual. The all-around good work of the cast and a well told story.
Produced and distributed by Fox Films.
Length 4,675 feet.
Released August 21st.
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The feminine has practically the entire field in these stills from After Midnight, a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film
see also Shanghaied (1927)