
The Bells of San Juan
'The Bells of San Juan ' Summary
Bells of San Juan is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Scott Dunlap and starring Buck Jones. It was based on the Jackson Gregory novel The Bells of San Juan It was the first of five films where Claude Payton was cast alongside Jones.
Buck Jones plays Roderick Norton, a sheriff on a crusade to find and apprehend the man who murdered his father. Unable to restore order in the mining town where he is appointed, he loses favor with the townspeople. The villain, revealed to be Jim Garson and his gang make life miserable for Norton, culminating with the abduction of his girlfriend, frontier doctor Dorothy Page by Garson's henchmen the Rickard brothers, in order to entrap the hero. Roderick is successful in rescuing Dorothy, but in the process he suffers a head injury which changes his personality, turning him into a thief whom his friends are unable to trust. He is brought back to his old self through the medical ministrations of Dorothy, and is able to obtain a confession regarding the murder of his father from the Rickards, allowing the capture and arrest of Garson.
Book Details
Language
EnglishOriginal Language
EnglishPublished In
1919Authors

Jackson Gregory
United States
Jackson Gregory was an American teacher, journalist, and writer. Jackson was born in Salinas, California, the son of Monterey county attorney Durrell Stokes Gregory and Amelia (Hartnell), and w...
Books by Jackson GregoryDownload eBooks
Listen/Download Audiobook
- Select Speed
Related books

Paul and Virginia by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Paul and Virginia was first published in 1787. The novel's title characters are very good friends since birth who fall in love, but sadly die when the...

The Curved Blades by Carolyn Wells
In the enchanting world of Penwick Manor, where secrets lie as thick as the morning mist, an ancient curse stirs once more, setting the stage for an e...

Dubrowskij by Alexander Pushkin
Wladimir Dubrowskij ist der Sohn eines Kleinadligen, dessen väterlicher Besitz durch seinen frühreren Freund und Nachbarn Kirila Petrowitsch Trojekuro...

Dead Men Tell Tales by Harry Rimmer
It explores the dark world of pirates and buried treasures. The book, written in the mid-20th century, is a gripping tale of adventure and mystery tha...

Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Volume 1 by Margaret O. Oliphant
Hester is an 1883 novel written by Margaret Oliphant.[1] It examines the cycle of history through the lives of the Vernon family. The book was publish...

Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. Reynolds
This book follows the story of Wagner, a poor shepherd in the Black Forest, who makes a pact with a supernatural entity to gain youth and wealth. Howe...

Jane Austen's Juvenilia by Jane Austen
Before becoming the author of such classics as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma, Jane Austen experimented with various writing sty...

leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 1 by Adriaan Loosjes Pzn.
The book, 'Leven van Johannes Wouter Blommesteyn - deel 1', tells the story of Johannes, a man who represents a failure and a flawed individual in the...

Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! by Selma Lagerlof
Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! is a 1912 novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was translated into English by William Frederick Harvey in 1921....

A Man Could Stand Up by Ford Madox Ford
The book follows Christopher Tietjens as he navigates the aftermath of the war and the changes that come with it. He must deal with his estranged wife...
Reviews for The Bells of San Juan
No reviews posted or approved, yet...