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Hoot Gibson.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Winged Horseman
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5540 feet
Directed by Arthur Rosson and Reeves Eason (B. Reeves Eason)
Cast: Hoot Gibson [‘Skyball’ Smith], Ruth Elder [Joby Hobson], Charles Schaeffer [Colonel Hobson], Allan Forrest [‘Curly’ Davis], Herbert Prior [Eben Matthews]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Raymond L. Schrock, from a screen story by Raymond L. Schrock. Cinematography by Harry Neumann. Film editor, Gilmore Walker. Intertitles written by Harold Tarshis. / © 1 May 1929 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP351]. Premiered 24 May 1929 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Modern attributions to actress Mary Elder are incorrect. Stunt double for Ruth Elder, Leta Belle Wichart, died when her parachute failed to open during a stunt sequence. / Silent film.
Drama: Western.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 November 2023.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 65 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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