Trailin'

1921 Western Directed by Lynn Reynolds

About Trailin'

Anthony Woodbury, played by Tom Mix, is a careless aristocrat whose father has hidden every fact about his dead mother. An old man arrives and shoots the father dead. The only clue is a picture of an Idaho ranch, locked away for years in a secret room of the mansion.

Cast & crew

More about Trailin'

Lynn Reynolds directed this silent Western mystery. Wikipedia bills Tom Mix, Eva Novak, and Bert Sprotte. Wikidata gives the United States and 1921, with no running time and no company.

Themes

  • a hidden mother
  • a murder at the door
  • a ranch in a photograph
  • Anthony Woodbury
  • Idaho ranch
  • secret room
  • Tom Mix

Notes

  • Wikipedia credits Eva Novak as Sally Fortune and Bert Sprotte as John Woodbury.
  • James Gordon plays William Drew, Sid Jordan plays Steve Nash, and Carol Holloway plays Joan Piotto.
  • The Wikipedia cast also includes J. Farrell MacDonald as Joseph Piotto and Jay Morley as the young William Drew.
  • The Wikipedia plot section is blank, so the action here follows the catalog overview.

Scenes

  • An old man shoots Woodbury's father, leaving only the locked-away ranch picture.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-trailin)