The Good Bad-Man
The Good Bad-Man is a 1916 American silent Western film directed by Allan Dwan. The film was written by Douglas Fairbanks and produced by Fairbanks and the Fine Arts Film Company. It stars Fairbanks and Bessie Love.
The film was originally distributed by Triangle Film Corporation and was re-edited and re-released by Tri-Stone Pictures in 1923.
Plot
"Passin' Through" is a benevolent outlaw who robs trains to provide for fatherless children in the Old West. He knows little of his personal history but is pursued by a U.S. Marshal who does. Along the way, he meets Amy and falls in love with her. A rival bandit, "The Wolf", is also competing for Amy's affections, but Passin' and Amy ultimately marry.Cast
Preservation status
No print of the original 1916 release is known to survive, but a print of the 1923 re-release is preserved at the Library of Congress.On May 31, 2014, a restored print of the 1923 version was screened at the San Francisco [Silent Film Festival] at the Castro Theatre. This print included an original title card stating it was "Supervised by D. W. Griffith".
Release and reception
At the film's Los Angeles premiere, Bessie Love performed the song "The Rosary" by Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin.The film received positive reviews. The cast and direction were particularly praised in contemporaneous trade publications.