The Arizona Express

Arizona Express
Film poster
Directed by	Tom Buckingham
Written by	Lincoln J. Carter Frederick J. Jackson
Starring	Pauline Starke Evelyn Brent
Cinematography	Blake Wagner
Distributed by	Fox Film Corp.
Release date	March 23, 1924 (1924-03-23)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Arizona Express is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Tom Buckingham and starring Pauline Starke and Evelyn Brent.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] David Keith, although engaged to a young woman of the town, comes to love Lola Nichols, a cabaret dancer who pretends to love him in order to obtain information on the layout of a bank that she and her gang intend to rob. When Keith's uncle discovers the plan, he is killed by one of the woman's confederates. Keith is accused of the murder and sent to prison. Just a few minutes before he is set to be executed, he is pardoned by the governor through the efforts of his sister Katherine and her sweetheart Steve, who have secured evidence that establishes his innocence.

Cast

• Pauline Starke as Katherine Keith
• Evelyn Brent as Lola Nichols
• Anne Cornwall as Florence Brown
• Harold Goodwin as David Keith
• David Butler as Steve Butler
• Francis McDonald as Victor Johnson
• Frank Beal as Judge Ashton
• William Humphrey as Henry MacFarlane
• Otto Hoffman as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Bud Jamison as Thug Driver (uncredited)
• Sherwood Mertz (Undetermined Secondary Role, uncredited)

Preservation

Prints of The Arizona Express survive in the Museum of Modern Art.[4][5]

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Arizona Express". silentera.com. Retrieved September 5, 2011.
2. Solomon p.287
3. Sloane, Henriette (March 29, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Arizona Express". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 26. Retrieved October 24, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-7864-4363-5.
5. "Arizona Express". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

Bibliography

• Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7864-6286-5

External links

• The Arizona Express at IMDb
• Review at silentsaregolden.com
• The Arizona Express on YouTube