''The Ridin' Kid from Powder River'' is a 1924 American silent

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film directed by

Edward Sedgwick Edward Sedgwick (November 7, 1889 – March 7, 1953) was an American film director, writer, actor and producer. Early life He was born in Galveston, Texas, the son of Edward Sedgwick, Sr. and Josephine Walker, both stage actors. At the age ...

and starring

Hoot Gibson Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitione ...

. It was based on a novel by Henry Herbert Knibbs and produced and distributed by

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, Bud Watkins (House), a lad of ten years who does not know who his parents are, has become the abused, half-starved property of an itinerant horse trader whose territory is the cattle country of Arizona — as a trader — and of Nevada as a horse thief. It is the period when farmers are contesting against the cattleman for the open range, and by fortuitous chance the lad becomes the ward of a farmer who is killed a few years later by cattlemen. The lad (Gibson) vows to avenge his death and soon becomes known throughout the country as "The Rambler" by reason of the fact that he is always riding across country and searching for the murderers. Through hazardous adventure he becomes associated with some desperate characters, who, however, have retained some spark of humanity, and in the leader this is represented by his love for his beautiful daughter (Hulette), just merging into womanhood. Escaping many traps by shooting his way to safety, "The Rambler" finally keeps his vow, comes to happiness — and then his country calls him to oppose the armies of Spain.

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An incomplete print of ''The Ridin' Kid from Powder River'' consisting of 2 reels is preserved in the

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in Rochester.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Ridin' Kid from Powder River''
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridin' Kid from Powder River, The 1924 films Films directed by Edward Sedgwick Universal Pictures films Films based on American novels Films based on Canadian novels Films based on Western (genre) novels 1924 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer American films about revenge 1920s English-language films

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