A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

About This Listing Report Omissions or Errors in This Listing

The Back Trail
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4615 feet
Directed by Clifford S. Smith

Cast: Jack Hoxie [Jeff Prouty], Elton Stone (Al Hoxie) [the tramp], Eugenia Gilbert [Ardis Andrews], Claude Peyton [‘Gentleman’ Harry King], Billy Lester (William Lester) [Jim Lawton], William McCall [Judge Jefferson Talent], Buck Connors [Shorty], Pat Harmon [Curry], The Universal Ranch Riders

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A Universal Picture; Universal Attraction]. / Scenario by Isadore Bernstein, from a screen story by Walter J. Coburn [?] + [George Hoag]? Cinematography by Harry Neumann. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 20 May 1924 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP20216]. Released 16 June 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 January 2025.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 46 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.