The Love Bandit

The Love Bandit
The Love Bandit
Directed by	Dell Henderson
Written by	(play); Norman Houston (play); Lewis Allen Browne;
Starring	Doris Kenyon; Victor Sutherland; Cecil Spooner;
Production; company	Charles E. Blaney Productions
Distributed by	Vitagraph Company of America
Release date	January 6, 1924
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles;

The Love Bandit is a 1924 American silent Western film with Northwoods theme directed by Dell Henderson and starring Doris Kenyon, Victor Sutherland and Cecil Spooner.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

A man Fred Clayton(G. James) robs his employers and is threatened with jail. His sister Amy(Doris Kenyon) marries his boss Jim Blazes(Vic Sutherland) to save Fred from prison. Amy doesn't love Jim so Jim returns to his lumber company. Amy is later kidnapped amid growing skulduggery at the camp. Jim gets into a vicious gun fight with Amy's kidnappers whom he later subdues. He saves Amy who was tied to a buzzsaw table for certain death. After she is rescued, Amy comes to the realization that she loves Jim.^[3]

Cast[]

Doris Kenyon as Amy Van Clayton
Victor Sutherland as Jim Blazes
Cecil Spooner as Madge Dempsey
as "Frenchie" Annie
Jules Cowles as Henri Baribeau
Gardner James as Frederick Van Clayton
Christian J. Frank as Buck Ramsdell
Dorothy Walters as Maggie McGuiry^[4]
as "Snapper" Rollins
Walter Jones as John Lawson

Preservation status[]

An abridged version of the film survives with a private collector.^[5]

References[]

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Love Bandit
^ Goble p.845
^ The Love Bandit; allmovie.com by Janet Garza
^ "The Love Bandit", review, Variety, February 14, 1924, p. 27. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Love Bandit

Bibliography[]

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[]

The Love Bandit at IMDb

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:The Love Bandit

[2] Goble p.845

[3] The Love Bandit; allmovie.com by Janet Garza

[Variety24-4] "The Love Bandit", review, Variety, February 14, 1924, p. 27. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved July 30, 2019.

[5] The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Love Bandit

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