| Wild Beauty | |
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| Directed by | Henry MacRae |
| Written by | Sylvia Bernstein Edward J. Meagher Tom Reed |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Hugh Allan June Marlowe Scott Seaton |
| Cinematography | John Stumar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Wild Beauty is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Henry MacRae and starring Hugh Allan, June Marlowe, and Scott Seaton. [1] [2]
As described in a film magazine, [3] Bill Moran, a young American soldier, brings Valerie, a young filly he had saved from shell fire, to his California ranch after the war. He falls in love with Helen Cunningham whose father maintains a famous racing stable. Colonel Cunningham is in financial difficulty but hopes to retrieve his fortunes by having his horse, Starlight, win the Steeplechase. Jim Kennedy, hearing of the wild horse Thunderhoof, plans to capture and use him to defeat the Colonel. He tricks the Colonel into making a heavy bet on the race and then has his men capture the wild horse. However, the horse escapes and Thunderhoof tries to lure Valerie away. Starlight objects and, after a fierce fight, is incapacitated by Thunderhoof. Kennedy recaptures Thunderhoof and Bill rides Valerie against him as the Cunningham entry. The race begins, and Thunderhoof throws off his rider and escapes. Valerie wins the race and Bill gains the affections of Helen. Winning his bet, the Colonel pays off his mortgage.
The Horse Soldiers is a 1959 American adventure war western film set during the American Civil War directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, William Holden and Constance Towers. The screenplay by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin was loosely based on Harold Sinclair's 1956 novel of the same name, a fictionalized version of Grierson's Raid in Mississippi.
Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitioned from silent films to become a leading performer in Hollywood's growing cowboy film industry.
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The King of the Kongo (1929) is a Mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound, although only partial sound rather than the later "All-Talking" productions with complete sound. The first episode was a "three reeler" with the remaining nine episodes being "two reelers".
Robbery Under Arms is a bushranger novel by Thomas Alexander Browne, published under his pen name Rolf Boldrewood. It was first published in serialised form by The Sydney Mail between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes in London in 1888. It was abridged into a single volume in 1889 as part of Macmillan's one-volume Colonial Library series and has not been out of print since.
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