Courtin' Wildcats is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy Western film directed by Jerome Storm and produced by and starring Hoot Gibson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film based on the short story "Courtin' Calamity" by William Dudley Pelley, which had previously been filmed in 1924 as the silent western The Sawdust Trail. It was distributed through the Universal Pictures.[1][2]
| Courtin' Wildcats | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jerome Storm |
| Written by | Dudley McKenna |
| Produced by | Hoot Gibson |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | Harry Neuman |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
Cast
edit- Hoot Gibson as Clarence Butts
- Eugenia Gilbert as Calamity Jane
- Harry Todd as McKenzie
- Joseph W. Girard as Mr. Butts
- Monte Montague as McLaren
- John Oscar as Quid Johnson
- Jim Corey as The Fugitive
- James Farley as The Doctor
- Pete Morrison as Huxley
- Joe Bonomo as Gorilla
Preservation status
editA print of Courtin' Wildcats is preserved by the Library of Congress.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Courtin' Wildcats at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Courtin' Wildcats
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 36, c.1978 by the American Film Institute
External links
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