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The Thundering Herd is a 1925 American silent Western film, now lost.[1][2] It is directed by William K. Howard and starring Jack Holt, Lois Wilson, Noah Beery, Sr. and Raymond Hatton. Based on Zane Grey's 1925 novel of the same name and written by Lucien Hubbard, the film is about a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.[3][4]

The Thundering Herd
Lobby card featuring Raymond Hatton, Noah Beery Sr., Jack Holt and Lois Wilson
Directed by	William K. Howard
Written by	Lucien Hubbard
Based on	The Thundering Herd by Zane Grey
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Jack Holt Lois Wilson Noah Beery, Sr. Raymond Hatton Charles Ogle Tim McCoy
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 1, 1925 (1925-03-01) (US)
Running time	70 minutes (7 reels)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Cast

Context

• Jack Holt was the father of cowboy actor Tim Holt.
• Charles Ogle played the original screen Frankenstein's monster in Thomas Edison's 1910 version of Frankenstein, predating the Boris Karloff interpretation by more than two decades.
• The film was remade in a 1933 sound version, The Thundering Herd, with some of the cast (Beery and Hatton) playing the same parts but Randolph Scott playing Jack Holt's role, with Scott's hair darkened and a moustache added so as to match original footage featuring Holt that was incorporated into the later version to hold down costs.
• Noah Beery Sr. was the slightly older brother of fellow screen legend Wallace Beery and father of Noah Beery Jr. ("Rocky" in the 1970s television series The Rockford Files).
• Raymond Hatton was making a series of comedies as half of an unofficial comedy team with Noah Beery's brother Wallace Beery during this period.
• It was also from the novel on which this film is based that Marshall University took its unique nickname as the Thundering Herd.
• Tim McCoy directed the Native American actors.[5]
• Gary Cooper appears in a small uncredited role.

Production

The silent black-and-white film is 70 minutes (7 reels, 7,187 feet).

References

External links

• The Thundering Herd at IMDb
• The Thundering Herd at AllMovie

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