''Rough Ridin' '' is a
lost
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History
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1924 American
silent Western film
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directed by
Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Biography
Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, Richard Thorpe began his en ...
and starring
Buddy Roosevelt
Buddy Roosevelt (born Kenneth Stanhope Sanderson; June 25, 1898 – October 6, 1973) was an American film and television actor and stunt performer from Hollywood's early silent film years through the 1950s.
Biography
Roosevelt was born as Kenn ...
. It was released by the
Weiss Brothers
Louis Weiss (December 21, 1890 – December 14, 1963, Los Angeles) was an American independent producer of low-budget comedies, westerns, serials, and exploitation films.
Early life
Louis Weiss was born in New York City and left school after thi ...
on State Rights basis. The film was remade with Buddy Roosevelt in 1934 as ''
Boss Cowboy
''Boss Cowboy'' is a 1934 Western B movie remake of Rough Ridin' (1924)produced and directed by low-budget independent filmmaker Victor Adamson and starring Buddy Roosevelt.
Plot
Hard-riding ranch owner Dick Taylor hunts for a band of cattle ...
''.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,
[ ] Buddy Benson's sweetheart, Rosalind, has been completely spoiled by attendance at an Eastern finishing school. She returns to the ranch jointly owned by her father and Buddy. Buddy, disillusioned, becomes enamored of Mary Ross, whose brother Dick owns the adjoining ranch. Dick's forieman, Jack Wells, is a cattle thief. Wells kills a man and fastens the guilt on Dick, demanding Mary as the price of his silence. Buddy disposes of Wells in a satisfactory fight, winning the friendship of Dick and the love of Mary.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''Rough Ridin' '' located in any film archives,
American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Rough Ridin' ''
/ref> it is a lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
References
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1924 films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Richard Thorpe
1924 Western (genre) films
Lost Western (genre) films
Lost American films
Silent American Western (genre) films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films
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