The Branding Iron (1920)
Domestic issues take center stage in this sensationalistic Western directed by Reginald Barker for Goldwyn. A young woman (Barbara Castleton) escapes her homicidal father by marrying a rancher (Russell Simpson). History repeats itself, however, and the rancher turns out to be a brute who actually marks his own wife with a branding iron. The desperate woman is rescued by a visiting New York author (James Kirkwood) who kills the husband. Returning to New York, the author turns into another Pygmalion, creating a silk purse out of a sow's ear, as it were. The trade-paper Harrison's Reports termed this cinematic mess "a powerful story masterly handled." ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Reginald Barker
Synopsis of The Branding Iron
Domestic issues take center stage in this sensationalistic Western directed by Reginald Barker for Goldwyn. A young woman (Barbara Castleton) escapes her homicidal father by marrying a rancher (Russell Simpson). History repeats itself, however, and the rancher turns out to be a brute who actually marks his own wife with a branding iron. The desperate woman is rescued by a visiting New York author (James Kirkwood) who kills the husband. Returning to New York, the author turns into another Pygmalion, creating a silk purse out of a sow's ear, as it were. The trade-paper Harrison's Reports termed this cinematic mess "a powerful story masterly handled." ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Branding Iron
- Gertrude Astor - Betty Morena
- Albert Roscoe - Rev. Frank Holliwell
- Joan Standing - Maude Upper
- Sidney Ainsworth - Jasper Morena
- Louie Cheung - Wen Ho
- James Kirkwood - Pierre Landis
- Russell Simpson - John Carver
- Richard Tucker - Prosper Gael
- Barbara Castleton - Joan Coruer
- Director(s):
- Reginald Barker
- Writer(s):
- J.G. Hawks
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