With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail

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With Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail
With Buffalo Bill on the UP Trail lobby card.jpg
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Directed byFrank S. Mattison
Produced by Anthony J. Xydias
Sunset Productions
Starring Roy Stewart
Kathryn McGuire
Cinematography Bert Longenecker
Edited byAl Martin
Production
company
Sunset Productions
Distributed by Aywon Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 1, 1926 (1926-03-01)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

With Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail, alternately called Buffalo Bill on the U.P. Trail, is a 1926 American silent historical Western film starring Roy Stewart as Buffalo Bill Cody. It was directed by Frank Mattison and produced by Anthony J. Xydias. [1] [2]

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This film is available from the Prelinger Archives, San Francisco and the Grapevine video, Phoenix, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. [3]

Several members of the cast and crew of this film later worked on General Custer at the Little Big Horn (1926).

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail at silentera.com
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 211, c.1978 by The American Film Institute