Clearing the Trail
{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Clearing the Trail
| image = Clearing the Trail (1928) - 1.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = B. Reeves Eason
| producer = Carl Laemmle
| writer =
| starring = Hoot Gibson
Dorothy Gulliver
| cinematography = Harry Neumann
| editing = Gilmore Walker
| distributor = Universal Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1928|10|07}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Clearing the Trail is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and released through Universal Pictures.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/ClearingTheTrail1928.html Progressive Silent Film List: Clearing the Trail] at silentera.com[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/3342 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993]: Clearing the Trail]
Cast
- Hoot Gibson as Pete Watson
- Dorothy Gulliver as Ellen
- Fred Gilman as Steve Watson
- C. E. Anderson as Don Talbot
- Philo McCullough as Silk Cardross
- Andrew Waldron as Judge Price (credited as Andy Waldron)
- Duke R. Lee as Cook (credited as Duke Lee)
- Monte Montague as Tramp
- The Universal Ranch Riders as Ranch Hands
Production
Clearing the Trail was shot largely on location at Lone Pine, California.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald91unse/page/n473/mode/2up |title=Exhibitors Herald World |publisher=Quigley Publishing Company |location=Chicago |publication-date=April 28, 1928 |pages=76 |language=en}}
Preservation
With no prints of Clearing the Trail located in any film archives,{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Clearing the Trail |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4319/default.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321012430/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.4319/default.html |archive-date=March 21, 2023 }} it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneuniversal.html Clearing the Trail at Lost Film Files:''lost Universal films- 1928]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0018777|Clearing the Trail}}
{{B. Reeves Eason}}
Category:1928 Western (genre) films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by B. Reeves Eason
Category:Lost American Western (genre) films
Category:Silent American Western (genre) films
Category:Universal Pictures films
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