| The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | |
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 Theatrical poster to The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | |
| Directed by | Albert Parker Arthur Rosson (asst. director) |
| Story by | Elton Thomas Joseph Henabery Frank Condon Ted Reed |
| Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Cinematography | Hugh McClung Glen MacWilliams |
| Production company | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
| Budget | $264,000 |
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is a 1919 American silent Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film. The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is now considered lost.
Synopsis
Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a Mexican bandit and is pursued by a corrupt sheriff who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune.
Production background
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo was Fairbanks' last film under his contract with Paramount Pictures. After this production, he worked exclusively at United Artists, a company he co-founded in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith.
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks as Teddy Drake
- Marjorie Daw as Rita Allison
- William A. Wellman as Henry (Wellman's debut in the film industry)
- Frank Campeau as Crooked Sheriff
- Edythe Chapman as Teddy's Mother
- Albert MacQuarrie as Manual Lopez
- Ernest Butterworth
See also
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at silentera.com
- Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
- Thompson, Frank. Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared, pages 86-89. Citadel Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8065-1604-6
External links
| Films directed by Albert Parker | |
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- 1919 films
- 1919 romantic comedy films
- 1910s Western (genre) comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Famous Players-Lasky films
- Films directed by Albert Parker
- Films shot in Los Angeles
- English-language Western (genre) comedy films
- Lost American Western (genre) comedy films
- 1919 lost films
- Lost American romantic comedy films
- Silent American Western (genre) comedy films
- 1910s American films
- Silent American romantic comedy films
- 1910s English-language films
- English-language romantic comedy films