The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
| The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | |
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 Theatrical poster to The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | |
| 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]
Synopsis[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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
External links[edit]
- 1919 films
- 1919 romantic comedy films
- 1910s Western (genre) comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- Films directed by Albert Parker
- Films shot in Los Angeles
- English-language Western (genre) comedy films
- Lost American Western (genre) comedy films
- 1919 lost films
- Lost American romantic comedy films
- Silent American Western (genre) comedy films
- 1910s American films
- Silent romantic comedy films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language romantic comedy films