A Six Shootin' Romance
{{short description|1926 film}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Six Shootin' Romance
| image = A Six Shootin Romance (1926) Poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Clifford Smith
| producer = Orval Breese
| writer = Alan James
Ruth Comfort Mitchell
| starring = Jack Hoxie
Olive Hasbrouck
William Steele
| cinematography = William Nobles
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|03|07}}
| runtime = 53 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
}}
A Six Shootin' Romance is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Clifford Smith and starring Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck and William Steele.{{Cite book |last=Langman |first=Larry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-40mFfGB4VMC |title=A Guide to Silent Westerns |date=1992 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-27858-7 |pages=414 |language=en}}
Plot
"Lightning" Jack (Jack Hoxie) is joint heir to a ranch with eastern society girl Donaldeen Travis (Olive Hasbrouck).
Although neighboring rancher Currier King (William Steele) is already married, he is attracted to Donaldeen and begins to court her. When Donaldeen learns Currier is married, she spurns his advances. Angered, Currier abducts Donaldeen.
Jack rallies his men to rescue Donaldeen from Currier, and Donaldeen finds that she is in love with Jack.{{Cite book |last=Institute |first=American Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlLbRAPOgP0C |title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States |date=1997 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-20969-5 |pages=728 |language=en}}
Cast
- Jack Hoxie as "Lightning" Jack{{cite web |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/499114/a-six-shootin-romance |title=A Six Shootin' Romance |website=Turner Classic Movies |date=March 7, 1926 |access-date=August 19, 2021}}
- Olive Hasbrouck as Donaldeen Travis
- William Steele as Currier King
- Carmen Phillips as Mrs. King
- Robert McKenzie as Ricketts
- Mattie Peters as Mammy
- Virginia Bradford as Muriel Travis
Production
A Six Shootin' Romance was one of several silent films of the 1920s to be shot in the Alabama Hills.{{Cite book |last=Morfin |first=Charles Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTKrBAAAQBAJ |title=Location Filming in the Alabama Hills |date=2014-09-29 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4396-4747-9 |pages=16 |language=en}}
This was Carmen Phillips's final screen performance.{{Cite book |last=Redmond |first=Jennifer Ann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCurDwAAQBAJ |title=Silents of the Vamps: Bad Girls You Don't Know - But Should |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0017400}}
{{Clifford Smith}}
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Category:1926 Western (genre) films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Clifford Smith
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
Category:Universal Pictures films