The Last of the Duanes (1924 film)

The Last of the Duanes
Directed byLynn Reynolds
Written byEdward J. Montagne
Based ona short story The Last of the Duanes by Zane Grey
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringTom Mix
Marian Nixon
CinematographyDan Clark
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • August 24, 1924 (1924-08-24)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Last of the Duanes is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Lynn Reynolds and starring Tom Mix, with his horse Tony the Wonder Horse.[1] It is based on a 1914 Zane Grey novel, Last of the Duanes.[2] A print of the film exists,[3] after it was discovered in a chicken farm in the Czech Republic.[4]

This was the second of four films based on the novel; a 1919 silent film adaptation starred William Farnum, a 1930 adaptation starred George O'Brien, and a 1941 adaptation featured George Montgomery.

  1. ^ "Zane Grey, Author of "Last of the Duanes"". The Casper Star-Tribune. August 28, 1924. p. 4. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "The Last of the Duanes (1924)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Last of the Duanes". Silent Era. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "A Bounty of Rescued Celluloid : Movies: The 1924 'Sea Hawk' launches UCLA's monthlong Festival of Preservation tonight. Gems from international archives are featured". The Los Angeles Times. April 7, 1994. Retrieved July 18, 2020.