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Not a Drum Was Heard
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Wikipedia article
'Not a Drum Was Heard' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=11023 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Not a Drum Was Heard'] The title is taken from the first line of Charles Wolfe's poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna":
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Jack Mills and Bud Loupel; they ride the ranch together, rescue each other from certain death, and fall in love with Jean Ross. She selects Bud to be the lucky one. Married life starts in a bungalow acquired on the installment plan from the town banker Rand, who also had courted Jean. Bud obtains employment at the bank as a teller. He falls into a trap set by Rand and steals funds. Jack hears of it, stages a holdup to cover the money, and tries to assume all blame. However, Bud has been mortally wounded and, in the mix-up, exonerates his friend before he dies.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of 'Not a Drum Was Heard' in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7898/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Not a Drum was Heard'] it is a lost film.
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