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Not a Drum Was Heard

1924 film

January 27, 1924 (1924-01-27)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Not a Drum Was Heard is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by William A. Wellman.^[1]^[2] The title is taken from the first line of Charles Wolfe's poem "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna":

Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse{sic} to the rampart we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
O'er the grave where our hero we buried.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Jack Mills and Bud Loupel; they ride the ranch together, rescue each other from certain death, and fall in love with Jean Ross. She selects Bud to be the lucky one. Married life starts in a bungalow acquired on the installment plan from the town banker Rand, who also had courted Jean. Bud obtains employment at the bank as a teller. He falls into a trap set by Rand and steals funds. Jack hears of it, stages a holdup to cover the money, and tries to assume all blame. However, Bud has been mortally wounded and, in the mix-up, exonerates his friend before he dies.

Cast

Buck Jones as Jack Mills (credited as Charles Jones)
Betty Bouton as Jean Ross
Frank Campeau as Banker Rand
Rhody Hathaway as James Ross
Al Fremont as The Sheriff
William Scott as Bud Loupel
Mickey McBan as Jack Loupel Jr.

Preservation

With no prints of Not a Drum Was Heard in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

References

^ Frank T. Thompson (February 1, 1983). William A. Wellman. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-1594-0. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Not a Drum Was Heard
^ Brumell, Marguerite A. (February 9, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Not a Drum Was Heard". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (12). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 27. Retrieved August 12, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Not a Drum was Heard