Pure Grit

Pure Grit
Pure Grit
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Nat Ross
Written by	Isadore Bernstein
Based on	A Texas Ranger; by William MacLeod Raine
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Roy Stewart; Esther Ralston; Jack Mower
Cinematography	Benjamin H. Kline
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	December 31, 1923;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Pure Grit is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by Nat Ross and starring Roy Stewart, Esther Ralston, and Jack Mower.^[1] It is based on the 1911 novel A Texas Ranger by William MacLeod Raine.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Bob Evans, a Texas Ranger, falls in love with school teacher Stella Bolling. She aids Jim Kemp, a wounded stranger, who reveals himself to be her long-lost brother, who had broken out of jail. Buddy Clark, an orphan also cared for by Stella, rescues another wounded man, and learns from him that he is really Stella's brother, and that Stella is being imposed on by the other stranger. Stella has gone with the stranger. Bob pursues them and saves Stella from an attack by the stranger at a burning cabin, who meets his just deserts. Buddy also saves a dog from the burning cabin. Bob has won Stella's affection.

Cast

Roy Stewart as Bob Evans
Esther Ralston as Stella Bolling
Jere Austin as Jim Kemp
Jack Mower as Frank Bolling
Verne Winter as Buddy Clark
Wesley Barry as Newsboy (uncredited)

Preservation

The film is currently lost.^[4]

References

^ Munden, p. 622
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Pure Grit at silentera.com
^ Pardy, George T. (January 12, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Pure Grit". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (8). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 23. Retrieved June 30, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:Pure Grit

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.