The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | |
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Directed by | Albert Parker Arthur Rosson (asst. director) |
Story by | Elton Thomas Joseph Henabery Frank Condon Ted Reed |
Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks |
Starring | Douglas Fairbanks |
Cinematography | Hugh McClung Glen MacWilliams |
Production company | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures Corporation |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Budget | $264,000 |
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is a 1919 American silent Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film.[1] The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is now considered lost.[2][3]
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Synopsis
Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a Mexican bandit and is pursued by a corrupt sheriff who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune.[1][4]
Production background
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo was Fairbanks' last film under his contract with Paramount Pictures. After this production, he worked exclusively at United Artists, a company he co-founded in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith.
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks as Teddy Drake
- Marjorie Daw as Rita Allison
- William A. Wellman as Henry (Wellman's debut in the film industry)
- Frank Campeau as Crooked Sheriff
- Edythe Chapman as Teddy's Mother
- Albert MacQuarrie as Manual Lopez
- Ernest Butterworth
See also
References
- ^ a b Progressive Silent Film List: The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at silentera.com
- ^ Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ^ The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
- ^ Thompson, Frank. Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared, pages 86-89. Citadel Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8065-1604-6