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The Tornado (1924 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Tornado' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring House Peters, Ruth Clifford, and Richard Tucker.Munden p. 823[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/Tornado1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Tornado'] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine, grim and severe, but with a kindly heart, the boss of the lumber camp (Peters) was known as Tornado. Returning to his shack in the village, he sees Ruth Travers (Clifford), the girl he has come to the wilderness to forget, and her husband Ross (Tucker). Ruth sends word by her husband that she must see Tornado, but the husband lies to keep them apart. Tornado, learning the couple are unhappy, reaches the hotel in time to prevent Ruth from being beaten by her husband, and tells her the story of his perfidy, how he left Tornado to die in France, lied about him, and finally won Ruth. The Travers' start to leave on an early train, but a cyclone comes up. The storm causes a log jam, and flood waters damage houses in the camp. Tornado manages to break the log jam and save the town, but the logs pile against the bridge and destroy it as the train is going over. Tornado saves Ruth and goes back for her husband, but it is too late to save him.
Cast
Preservation
A complete print of 'The Tornado' is held by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1012/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'The Tornado']
References
Bibliography
* Munden, Kenneth White. 'The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1'. University of California Press, 1997.
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