Riders Up
| Riders Up | |
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Written by | Monte Brice |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Creighton Hale George Cooper Kate Price |
| Cinematography | Ben F. Reynolds |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Riders Up is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Creighton Hale, George Cooper, and Kate Price.[1][2]
Plot
[edit]As described in a film magazine review,[3] Johnny is a racehorse track tout, but has concealed this fact from his respectable New England family. Norah Ryan, the daughter of the woman who runs the boarding house where he stays, is his sweetheart. He makes a big winning by gambling on a long shot racehorse at the track in Tijuana and determines to take a long-threatened visit home. However, having taken his aged friend Jeff to the track, and persuaded him that the horse Wildflower, upon whom Jeff has staked all his savings, has won, Johnny sacrifices his winnings to make good on the statement. When things look most gloomy, Norah's mother intervenes and enables Johnny to take the young woman home as his wife.
Cast
[edit]- Creighton Hale as Johnny, aka Information Kid
- George Cooper as Henry, the Rat
- Kate Price as Mrs. Ryan
- Robert Brower as General Jeff
- Ethel Shannon as Norah Ryan, The Fiddlin' Doll
- Edith Yorke as Johnny's mother
- Charlotte Stevens as Johnny's sister
- Harry Tracy as Cross-eyed Negro
- Hank Mann as Boarder
References
[edit]- ^ Connelly p. 402
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Riders Up at silentera.com
- ^ Pardy, George T. (17 May 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Riders Up". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 31. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
[edit]- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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- 1924 films
- 1924 drama films
- American silent feature films
- American horse racing films
- 1920s sports drama films
- Films directed by Irving Cummings
- American black-and-white films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films set in Tijuana
- 1920s American films
- Silent American sports drama films
- 1920s English-language films
- English-language sports drama films
- 1920s American film stubs