The King of the Wild Horses
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Directed by | Fred Jackman |
Written by | Carl Himm |
Story by | Hal Roach |
Produced by | Hal Roach |
Starring | Rex the Horse Edna Murphy Charley Chase |
Cinematography | Floyd Jackman |
Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The King of the Wild Horses is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Fred Jackman. It stars Edna Murphy, Rex the wonder horse, and Charley Chase. It was written and produced by Hal Roach and released through Pathé Exchange.[1][2]
Cast[]
- Rex the Horse as The Black
- Edna Murphy as Mary Fielding
- Léon Bary as Billy Blair
- Charley Chase as Boyd Fielding (credited as Charles Parrott)
- Pat Hartigan as Wade Galvin
- Sidney De Gray as John Fielding
- Frank Butler (uncredited)
- Sidney D'Albrook (uncredited)
Preservation status[]
A copy of The King of the Wild Horses is preserved in the Library of Congress film collection and the George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection.[3][4] The Library's copy is the likely source for most DVDs.
References[]
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The King of the Wild Horses at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Film: The King of the Wild Horses
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 97, c.1978 by the American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Kin of the Wild Horses
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Categories:
- 1924 films
- American films
- Films directed by Fred Jackman
- 1924 Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- Pathé Exchange films
- Silent American Western (genre) films
- 1920s Western (genre) film stubs