The West~Bound Limited

The West~Bound Limited
The West~Bound Limited
	Film's opening titles
Directed by	Emory Johnson
Written by	Emilie Johnson; Story and Screenplay
Produced by	Pat Powers; Emory Johnson
Starring	Ralph Lewis
Cinematography	Henry Sharp
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	April 15, 1923;
Running time	6-7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The West~Bound Limited is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Emory Johnson and starring Ralph Lewis.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Ralph Lewis	Bill Buckley
Claire McDowell	Mrs. Bill Buckley
Ella Hall	Esther Miller
John Harron	Johnny Buckley
Taylor Graves	Henry
Wedgwood Nowell	Raymond McKim
David Kirby	Jack Smith
Richard Morris	Bernard Miller
Jane Morgan	Mrs. Bernard Miller

Preservation status[]

A report created by film historian and archivist David Pierce for the Library of Congress claims:

75% of original silent-era films have perished.
14% of the 10,919 silent films released by major studios exist in their original 35mm or other formats.
11% survive in full-length foreign versions or on film formats of lesser image quality.^[3]^[4] Many silent-era films did not survive for reasons as explained on this Wikipedia page.

Emory Johnson directed a total of 13 films, of which 11 were silent, and 2 were Talkies.The West~Bound Limited was the third film in Emory Johnson's eight-picture contract with FBO. The film's original length is listed at 7 reels. According to the Library of Congress website, this film has the status:

Completeness: incomplete
Digital files produced from 16mm print on loan from a private collector.^[5]

The film is available on YouTube and from various DVD vendors

Gallery[]

Principal Players and Director

Ralph Lewis
Bill Buckley
Claire McDowell
Mrs. Bill Buckley
John Harron
Johnny Buckley
Ella Hall
Esther Miller
Wedgwood Nowell
Raymond McKim
Taylor Graves
Henry
Jane Morgan
Mrs. Bernard Miller
Richard Morris
Bernard Miller
Emory Johnson
Director

References[]

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Westbound Limited
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The West~Bound Limited at silentera.com
^ Pierce, David. "The Survival of American Silent Films: 1912-1929" (PDF). Library Of Congress. Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ Slide, Anthony (2000). Nitrate Won't Wait: History of Film Preservation in the United States. McFarland. p. 5. ISBN 978-0786408368. Retrieved March 25, 2013. It is often claimed that 75 percent of all American silent films are gone and 50 percent of all films made prior to 1950 are lost, but such figures, as archivists admit in private, were thought up on the spur of the moment, without statistical information to back them up.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The WestBound Limited

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[1] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Westbound Limited

[2] Progressive Silent Film List: The West~Bound Limited at silentera.com

[LOCSAS-3] Pierce, David. "The Survival of American Silent Films: 1912-1929" (PDF). Library Of Congress. Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[4] Slide, Anthony (2000). Nitrate Won't Wait: History of Film Preservation in the United States. McFarland. p. 5. ISBN 978-0786408368. Retrieved March 25, 2013. It is often claimed that 75 percent of all American silent films are gone and 50 percent of all films made prior to 1950 are lost, but such figures, as archivists admit in private, were thought up on the spur of the moment, without statistical information to back them up.

[5] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The WestBound Limited

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