Smilin' Guns
| Smilin' Guns | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Henry MacRae |
| Written by | Harold Tarshis |
| Screenplay by | George Morgan |
| Based on | A story by Shannon Fife |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle Jr. |
| Starring | Hoot Gibson |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | Ed Gilmore Walker |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Smilin' Guns is a 1929 American silent Western film, directed by Henry MacRae and starring Hoot Gibson.
Plot
[edit]Cowboy Jack "Dirty Neck" Purvin travels to San Francisco to learn how to become a refined gentleman to impress Helen van Smythe. Upon his return from San Francisco, Purvin is forced to shed his training to save van Smythe from the grasp of a count, and her mother from a jewel thief.
Cast
[edit]- Hoot Gibson as Jack Purvin
- Blanche Mehaffey as Helen van Smythe
- Virginia Pearson as Mrs. van Smythe
- Robert Graves as Durkin
- Leo White as Count Barett
- Walter Brennan as Ranch Foreman
- Jack Wise as Professor
- James Bradbury Jr. as Barber
- Dad Gibson as Stationmaster (credited as Walter "Dad" Gibson)
Preservation status
[edit]- A print exists at the Library of Congress.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Smilin' Guns at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
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Categories:
- 1929 films
- 1920s Western (genre) comedy films
- 1920s English-language films
- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by Henry MacRae
- Universal Pictures films
- American black-and-white films
- 1929 comedy films
- Silent American Western (genre) comedy films
- 1920s American films
- English-language Western (genre) comedy films
- 1920s Western (genre) film stubs
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs