Ridin' Pretty | |
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Directed by | Arthur Rosson |
Written by | Isadore Bernstein George Hively Raymond L. Schrock |
Starring | William Desmond Ann Forrest Stanhope Wheatcroft |
Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Ridin' Pretty is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Ann Forrest, and Stanhope Wheatcroft. [1] [2]
As described in a review in a film magazine, [3] Arizona cowboy Sky Parker (Desmond) goes to San Francisco to claim an inheritance left him by his uncle. He takes five cowboys with him. The "boys" have a hectic time, among the adventures include a ride through the city on borrowed truck horses from a brewery, a stunt for which they are arrested. A cousin of Sky persuades Maize, a young woman, to assist him in getting the inheritance away from Sky, but she relents and runs away. Sky rides a motorcycle to catch and board her train, winds her consent to marriage, and throws out his cousin.
A print of Ridin' Pretty is in the collection of EYE Film Institute Netherlands. [4]
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