The Blazing Trail

The Blazing Trail (1921)

Young doctor Bradley Yates has been trying to come up with a serum to counteract blood poisoning, with no results. Exhausted, he takes a rest in the Blue Ridge Mountains and stays in a small mountain community. When a young schoolteacher comes to town a romance develops between her and Bradley, but the local gossips have spread rumors that he has seduced Talithy, a local girl, and will abandon her for the teacher. Complications ensue.

Date of release
1921-05-01
TMDB
8.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Western, Drama
Director
Robert Thornby

Casting

Interesting facts

The Blazing Trail is a 1921 American silent melodrama film directed by Robert Thornby and starring Frank Mayo, Frank Holland, and Verne Winter. It was released in May 1921.

Production

In January 1921, Universal announced they had purchased the rights to the novel, The Truant, written by Izola Forrester and Mann Page. At the same time they revealed that Frank Mayo had been attached to the project, which had been purchased as a vehicle for the actor. Production on the film was supposed to begin as quickly as the story could be put into screenplay format.

Around the same time it was revealed that Lucien Hubbard had handled adapting the Forrestor/Page story for the screen. Frank Hollard, Verne Winter, Bert Sprotte, Ray Ripley, Joe Winthrop, and Helen Gilmore were announced as members of the cast. By mid-April 1921 the project had been renamed The Valley of the Rogues. This was a short-lived development and it was quickly renamed once again, this time to The Blazing Trail.

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