A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Western Whirlwind
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4967 feet
Directed by Albert Rogell

Cast: Jack Hoxie [Jack Howard], Margaret Quimby [Molly Turner], Claude Payton [Jeff Taylor], Billy Engle [‘Beans’ Baker], Edith Yorke [Mrs. Martha Howard], Jack Pratt [Jim Blake], Scout the horse

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Blue Streak Western]. / Scenario by Harrison Jacobs, from a screen story by Albert Rogell. Art direction by David S. Garber. Cinematography by William Nobles. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 19 October 1926 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP23262]. Released 20 February 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 29 November 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 57 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.