''Brass Buttons'' is a 1919 American silent

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Western Western may refer to: Places *Western, Nebraska, a village in the US *Western, New York, a town in the US *Western Creek, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia *Western world, countries that id ...

film directed by Henry King, and starring William Russell,

Eileen Percy Eileen Percy (August 1902 – 29 July 1973) was an Irish-born American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1917 and 1933. Biography Born in Belfast in August 1902, Percy lived in Brooklyn, New York, briefly ...

, and Helen Howard.''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema'', p. 166 A

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cop in

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tackles a gang of criminals.

Cast

* William Russell as Kingdon Hollister *

as Bernice Cleveland *

Helen Howard Helen Howard was an American actress who appeared in a string of B-movie westerns in the late 1910s and the 1920s. Selected filmography * ''The First Auto'' (1927) * ''Quick Change'' (1925) * '' Captain Blood'' (1924) * ''Deserted at the Alta ...

as Madeline *

Frank Brownlee Frank Brownlee (October 11, 1874 – February 10, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1911 and 1943. He was born in Dallas, Texas and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * '' Sol ...

as Terence Callahan *

Bull Montana Lewis Montagna (born Luigi Montagna; May 16, 1887 – January 24, 1950), better known as Bull Montana, was an Italian-American professional wrestler, boxer and actor. Biography Born in Voghera, Italy, into a poor country family — and at a ti ...

as Jake the Priest *

Wilbur Higby Wilbur Higby (August 21, 1867 – December 1, 1934) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1934. Stage In the mid-1890s, Higby was a member of the stock company of the Grand Opera House ...

as Mayor Dave McCullough *

Carl Stockdale Carl Stockdale also known as Carlton Stockdale (February 19, 1874 – March 15, 1953) was one of the longest-working Hollywood veteran actors, with a career dating from the early 1910s. He also made the difficult transition from silent fi ...

as Cold-Deck Dallas

References

Bibliography

* Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. ''Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema''. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.

External links

* 1919 films 1910s Western (genre) comedy films Films directed by Henry King Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films 1919 comedy films Silent American Western (genre) comedy films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films {{silent-film-stub