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John Ford's lost Western where cowboys find a baby and their hearts melt — allegedly.
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Action (1921)

Silent chaosCowboy babysittersWholesome bandits

Overview

Western

Three Outlaws came across a stranded baby and must decide to save the child or escape from the law.

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Content warning
short filmlost film

Standout Aspects

Direction

Early Ford before he became THE John Ford.

Production

Exists now only in fragments and collective imagination.

Best for:Rewatch: Film historians hunting one of cinema's holy grails.·Friends: Challenge: imagine the baby scenes with zero surviving footage.·Background: Read the plot summary aloud while staring at blank screen.
John Ford

Director

John Ford

ReleasedSep 12, 1921
Runtime50m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonelight
Feellight
Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Top Cast

Hoot Gibson

Hoot Gibson

Sandy Brouke

Francis Ford

Francis Ford

Soda Water Manning

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Mormon Peters

Buck Connors

Buck Connors

Pat Casey

Clara Horton

Clara Horton

Molly Casey

William Robert Daly

William Robert Daly

J. Plimsoll

Dorothea Wolbert

Dorothea Wolbert

Mirandy Meekin

Byron Munson

Byron Munson

Henry Meekin

Jim Corey

Jim Corey

Sam Waters

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Only about 10 minutes of footage survive, held at the Library of Congress. The rest is genuinely gone.

Cultural

This is John Ford's second credited feature — he's still figuring out his voice, but the 'gentle outlaw' archetype he pioneered here would echo through decades of Westerns.

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