''Born to the Saddle'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Joseph Levigard and written by

George H. Plympton George H. Plympton (September 2, 1889 – April 11, 1972) was an American screenwriter. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. A prolific screenwriter, Plympton collaborated in almost 300 films. His earliest known credits date back to 1912 a ...

, George Mitchell and Carl Krusada. The film stars

Ted Wells Theodore V. "Ted" Wells, Jr. (born April 28, 1950) is an American lawyer who works in the field of criminal law. A litigation partner at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wells has been selected by the Nationa ...

, Duane Thompson, Leo White, Byron Douglas, Merrill McCormick and

Nelson McDowell Nelson McDowell (August 14, 1870 – November 3, 1947) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 170 films between 1917 and 1945. McDowell was born in Greenville, Missouri. His parents were N. B. McDowell and Anne Hampton. He attende ...

. The film was released on March 10, 1929, by

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...

Plot

Cast

as Ted Dorgan * Duane Thompson as Helen Pearson * Leo White as Clyde Montmorency Wilpenny * Byron Douglas as John Pearson * Merrill McCormick as Amos Judd *

as Pop Healy

References

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* 1929 films 1929 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton 1920s English-language films 1920s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{silent-film-stub