The Arizona Romeo

The Arizona Romeo is a lost 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Buck Jones, Lucy Fox, and Bud Geary.[1][2]

The Arizona Romeo
Still with Fox and Jones
Directed byEdmund Mortimer
Written byCharles Kenyon
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringBuck Jones
Lucy Fox
Bud Geary
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 4, 1925 (1925-01-04)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] the more violent the opposition on the part of her father John Wayne (Kirkland), the more determined is Sylvia (Fox) to marry Richard Barr (Geary) even though she does not really love him. She slips away with her maid and arranges for John to meet her in Arizona. Tom Long is disgusted to find that his cowboys are all getting manicures, and that Sylvia and her maid are responsible, posing as manicurists in a local shop. In seeking to save Sylvia from the attentions of a tough guy, he loses his heart to her. Richard appears on the scene and Sylvia tells Tom why she came to Arizona. Tom agrees to help her and leads the sheriff (Clark) off the track by posing as Richard. Sylvia and Richard make a getaway on the train. Sylvia's father reveals that his opposition to the marriage was a ruse, knowing that she would always be more determined to do the opposite of anything he recommended. Tom rides after the train, takes Sylvia off, and she readily agrees to marry him.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of The Arizona Romeo located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References
  1. Solomon p. 291
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Arizona Romeo at silentera.com
  3. Sewell, Charles S. (January 31, 1925). "The Arizona Romeo; Buck Jones' Newest for Fox is Entertaining with Good Comedy but Less Action than Usual". The Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co. 72 (5): 448. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  4. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Arizona Romeo

Bibliography
  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
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