The Tornado
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The Tornado is a 1917 short Western film
directed by John Ford
. It was Ford's debut film as a director. The film is considered to be lost
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Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
directed by John Ford
John Ford
John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
. It was Ford's debut film as a director. The film is considered to be lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
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Cast
- John FordJohn FordJohn Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
- Jack Dayton (as Jack Ford) - Jean Hathaway - Jack's mother
- Peter Gerald - Pendleton, banker from Rock River (as Pete Gerald)
- Elsie Thornton - Bess, Jack's daughter
- Duke WorneDuke WorneDuke Worne was an American director and actor of the silent era. He directed 74 films between 1919 and 1931...
- Lesparre, the lead of Cayote gang - John Duffy - Slick, Jack's partner