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The Arizona Sweepstakes

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The Arizona Sweepstakes
Lobby card
Directed byClifford Smith
Written byIsadore Bernstein
Based ona story by Charles Logue
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringHoot Gibson
CinematographyHarry Neuman
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • January 10, 1926 (1926-01-10)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Arizona Sweepstakes is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] a cowboy who goes to a city and is embroiled in a number of gang fights narrowly escapes going to prison on a false charge of manslaughter. He escapes and hurries home to enter a horse race on the outcome of which, he learns, depends the financial future of the man whose daughter he loves. A detective arrives to arrest him, but he evades capture and rides to victory in the race.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no prints of The Arizona Sweepstakes located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Arizona Sweepstakes at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI CAtalog of Feature Films: The Arizona Sweepstakes
  3. ^ "New Pictures: The Arizona Sweepstakes", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (8), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 61, November 14, 1925, retrieved November 8, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Arizona Sweepstakes
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