Son of a Gun
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4500 feet
Directed by Paul Hurst
Cast: Al Hoxie, Ione Reed, Alfred Hewston, Cliff Lyons, Paul Hurst, Pardner the horse
[?] Wild West Pictures Company or Bud Barsky Corporation? production; distributed by [?] Producers’ Security Corporation? / Produced by [?] Bud Barsky? Cinematography by [?] Frank Cotner? Presented by [?] Bud Barsky? / Released 15 November 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, April 1927, 12:54] Arriving on the border scornful of tales of the wild west, hero is forced to submit to changing clothes with bandit for whom he is afterwards mistaken by sheriff and posse. He finally captures real bandit and holds him for sheriff, and then devotes his time to mistress of post office store.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative]; and in the Academy Film Archive film archive [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 December 2023.
References: ClasIm-224 p. 54 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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