The Mojave Kid

The Mojave Kid
Directed by	Robert N. Bradbury
Written by	Oliver Drake
Produced by	Joseph P. Kennedy
Starring	Bob Steele Lillian Gilmore Buck Connors
Cinematography	E.M. MacManigal
Production company	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	September 25, 1927 (1927-09-25)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Mojave Kid is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert N. Bradbury and starring Bob Steele, Lillian Gilmore and Buck Connors. ^[1]

The film had been considered lost by the Library of Congress, but as of 2021 it has been removed from the list. ^[2]

Cast

• Bob Steele as Bob Saunders
• Lillian Gilmore as Thelma Vaddez
• Buck Connors as Silent
• Bob Fleming as Big Olaf
• Jay Morley as Bull Dugan
• Theodore Henderson as Panamint Pete
• Nat Mills as Zeke Hatch

Production

This was the first of a series of silent Westerns produced by Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) starring Bob Steele. Having been previously billed under the name Robert Bradbury Jr., this was his first picture under his new screen name. The film was directed by Steele's father, Robert North Bradbury. ^[3]

References

1. Munden 1997, p. 521.
2. National Film Preservation Board, Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29) February 4, 2021.
3. Rainey 2004, p. 602.

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press.
• Rainey, Buck (2004). The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-1286-0.

External links

• The Mojave Kid at IMDb