The Loaded Door

1922 film

August 4, 1922 (1922-08-04)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Loaded Door is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Hoot Gibson.^[1] It is not known whether the film currently survives.^[1]

Plot

As described in a studio publication,^[2] Bert Lyons (Gibson) returns to his ranch to discover his foreman dead and the ranch leased to a real estate shark. The new hands seem to be trafficking in booze and narcotics under the guise of raising cattle. He goes to see his sweetheart Molly Grainger (Olmstead) who shares her suspicions. The smugglers do not care for Bert's curiosity and plan to "get him." The new boss of the ranch has designs on Molly, and tells her that he will assist in freeing her brother Joe (Sutherland), who is in prison charged with murder, if she goes with him across the border. Bert learns of this ruse, tricks the smugglers, and rides to Molly's rescue. The smugglers are rounded up, and Joe is freed, leaving Bert and Molly to plan their new home.

Cast

Hoot Gibson as Bert Lyons
Gertrude Olmstead as Molly Grainger
William Ryno as Bud Grainger (credited as Bill Ryno)
A. Edward Sutherland as Joe Grainger (credited as Eddie Sutherland)
Noble Johnson as Blackie Lopez
Joe Harris as Stan Calvert (credited as Joseph Harris)
Charles Newton as Dad Stewart
Charles Smiley as Purdy (credited as Charles A. Smiley)
Victor Potel as Slim
C.L. Sherwood as Fatty

References

^ ^a ^b "Progressive Silent Film List: The Loaded Door". Silent Era. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
^ "Load Your House with Hoot Gibson in The Loaded Door". Universal Weekly. 15 (25). New York City: Moving Pictures Weekly Publishing Company: 26–27. August 5, 1922. Retrieved May 5, 2014.