Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande
Appearance
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande | |
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Directed by | George E. Marshall |
Written by | George Hively |
Based on | Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande by Stephen Chalmers |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Jack Hoxie Emmett King Elinor Field Fred C. Jones William Steele Bob McKenzie |
Cinematography | Charles E. Kaufman |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by George E. Marshall and written by George Hively. The film stars Jack Hoxie, Emmett King, Elinor Field, Fred C. Jones, William Steele, and Bob McKenzie. It is based on a 1921 short story of the same name by Stephen Chalmers.[1] The film was released on June 4, 1923, by Universal Pictures. The film was Hoxie's first film with the company[2] and Harry Woods's first screen credit.[3]
The film had 5 reels.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Jack Hoxie as 'Pep' Pepper
- Emmett King as Jim Hellier
- Elinor Field as Tulip Hellier
- Fred C. Jones as George Vivian
- William Steele as Bill Barton
- Bob McKenzie as Sheriff Littlejohn
- Harry Woods as a Knight
- Hank Bell and Ben Corbett as Henchman
- Skeeter Bill Robbins as Barfly
Preservation
[edit]A copy of Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande is housed at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.[5]
Reception
[edit]George Katchmer called the film "a top notch western with fantasy".[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande (1923) - allmovie.com
- ^ Rainey, Buck (October 18, 2024). Serial Film Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1912-1956. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0311-7.
- ^ Mayer, Geoff (February 7, 2017). Encyclopedia of American Film Serials. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2719-9.
- ^ Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8.
- ^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande
- ^ Katchmer, George A. (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-89950-494-0.
External links
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- 1923 films
- 1923 Western (genre) films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films directed by George Marshall
- American black-and-white films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- 1920s English-language films
- 1920s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- 1920s Western (genre) film stubs
- Silent American Western (genre) film stubs