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                |  | Ben Turpin (left), Slim Summerville and Polly Moran. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
 
 |  Roping Her Romeo
 Also known as A Lovesick Bandit in the USA
 (1917) United States of America
 B&W : Two reels
 Directed by Hampton Del Ruth and
 Fred Hibbard
 Cast: Polly Moran [Sheriff Nell, the pride of Triggerville], Ben Turpin [‘Honest Eyed Jack,’ a poor butterfly], Slim Summerville [‘Black Pete,’ the leading scoundrel], Ethel Teare [Helen Bent, the mail order bride], Franklin Bond (Frank Bond) [‘Silk Hat Cecil,’ a gentleman gambler], Eva Thatcher [Nell’s mother], Glen Cavender [the piano player], Fred C. Fishback (Fred Hibbard) [the film director], Cliff Bowes [the bartender], James Donnelly [the mailman], Clarence Lyndon [a stagecoach passenger], Wayland Trask [the tough barfly], Gonda Durand, Elinor Field, Phyllis Haver, Patrick Kelly, Roxana McGowan, Marvel Rea, Vera Steadman, Edith Valk, [?] Charles Murray?, [?] Mary Thurman? Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount-Mack Sennett Comedy]. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Mack Sennett. Assistant production manager, Hampton Del Ruth. Cinematography by Hans F. Koenekamp. / Released 21 October 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Sennett’s third Paramount release. The film was rereleased in the USA [?] as A Lovesick Bandit? by Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1923. Comedy. Survival status: (unknown) Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. Keywords: Chases Listing updated: 19 April 2023. References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 218, 357, 390; Lahue-World p. 87; Louvish-Keystone p. 324; Spehr-American p. 598 : Website-IMDb. |