A Broadway Cowboy
| A Broadway Cowboy | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Franz |
| Written by | George H. Plympton |
| Based on | The Man from Make Believe by Byron Morgan |
| Produced by | Jesse D. Hampton |
| Starring | William Desmond |
| Cinematography | Harry Gerstad |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
A Broadway Cowboy is a 1920 American silent Western comedy film directed by Joseph Franz and starring William Desmond. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange.[1]
Plot
[edit]As described in a film magazine,[2] Betty Jordan (Francisco), daughter of a Montana banker, is in the East attending boarding school and falls desperately in love with Burke Randolph (Desmond), a matinee idol, who performs valiant deeds behind the footlights each night in the title role of an old-fashioned melodrama, The Western Knight.
She is expelled from school after Burke treats a chaperon rather roughly during an automobile ride. When Betty returns home to Montana, Sheriff Pat McGann (Delmar), who is in love with her, finds a picture she has of Burke in his cowboy suit, and in a fit of jealousy sends copies of it out to the other neighboring sheriffs with the request that Burke be arrested on sight.
When his show hits a small western town, Burke is arrested. He manages to escape, and in a series of exciting incidents accidentally captures four desperadoes who in the prior night had robbed Betty's father's bank. Burke is proclaimed as a hero and wins Betty as his bride.
Cast
[edit]- William Desmond as Burke Randolph
- Betty Francisco as Betty Jordan
- Thomas Delmar as Sheriff Pat McGann
- J. P. Lockney as Colonel Jordan
- Paddy McGuire as Prisoner at Large
- Clark Comstock as Sheriff Sim
- Evelyn Selbie as Miss Howell
Preservation status
[edit]- The film is preserved at Filmmuseum Nederlands (EYE Institut).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Detail view of Movies Page". Afi.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
- ^ "Reviews: A Broadway Cowboy". Exhibitors Herald. 10 (26). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 83–84. June 26, 1920.
- ^ "Broadway Cowboy". Memory.loc.gov. October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
External links
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- 1920 films
- Films based on short fiction
- 1920 Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- Pathé Exchange films
- Films directed by Joseph Franz
- 1920s Western (genre) comedy films
- Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton
- 1920s American films
- Silent American Western (genre) comedy films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Rediscovered American films
- Surviving American silent films
- 1920s rediscovered films
- English-language Western (genre) comedy films