Bare Fists

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Bare Fists
Directed by	John Ford
Produced by	Pat Powers
Written by	Eugene B. Lewis Bernard McConville
Starring	Harry Carey
Cinematography	John W. Brown
Release dates	May 5, 1919 (1919-05-05)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Bare Fists (also known as “The Man Who Wouldn’t shoot”) ^[1] is a 1919 American Western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost.^[2]

John Ford and actor Harry Carry collaborated on at least 25 films in the years of 1917-1921. During these collaborations, Carry made more per film then Ford. By 1919 Ford was making 300 dollars a week, Carry was making 1,250. This differential in pay led to tension between the two. ^[3]

Plot

The film takes place in a lawless town in southwestern Kanasas during the era of outlaws and cowboys. After the marshal is killed while breaking up a saloon fight, his son, Cheyenne Harry avenges his father’s death by killing two of the men involved. His mother pleads with him to never carry a gun again and Cheyenne Harry agrees.

Harry is wooing the beautiful Conchita. Conchita is also being wooed by the devious Boone Travis. Travis, in order to eliminate his rival, murders a man and frames Harry. Harry is sentenced to die, but is allowed one last visit to see his mother. During this trip he is told that his brother Bud was attacked and branded by cattle thieves. Harry escapes custody and punishes the men who attacked his brother. He is also cleared of the charge of murder.

Cast

Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry
Betty Schade as Conchita
Joe Harris as Boone Travis
Vester Pegg as Lopez
Mollie McConnell as Conchita's Mother (as Molly McConnell)
Anna Mae Walthall as Ruby (as Anna May Walthall)
Howard Enstedt as Bud
Joseph W. Girard as Harry's Father (as Joseph Girard)

References

↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490226/Bare-Fists/
↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Bare Fists". Silent Era. Retrieved 2008-02-27.
↑ Levy, Bill (1998). John Ford: A Bio-bibliography. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313275149. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

External links

Bare Fists at the Internet Movie Database

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