The Tornado (1917)

Directed by

John Ford

Genre

short film, Western film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

30 min

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Western short from 1917. It was John Ford's first film as director. A lost silent movie about a hero facing trouble in the Old West.

old-fashionedbrisksimplepioneeringstraightforwardmelodramatic

What happens

The Tornado is a 1917 American short film directed and co-written by John Ford, who at that time was credited as "Jack Ford". Filmed in California, the two-reel Western starred Ford as well, with a supporting cast that included Jean Hathaway, John Duffy, Peter Gerald, Elsie Thornton, and Duke Worne. This short is generally cited by film historians to be Ford's debut film as a director, although he had served as an assistant director in some earlier productions directed by his elder brother Francis Ford. Produced by Bison Motion Pictures and distributed by Universal Pictures, this short is currently classified as a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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