Smilin' Guns

{{Infobox film

| name = Smilin' Guns

| image = File:Smilin' Guns poster .jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Henry MacRae

| producer = Carl Laemmle Jr.

| screenplay = George Morgan

| writer = Harold Tarshis

| based_on = {{based on|A story|Shannon Fife}}

| starring = Hoot Gibson

| cinematography = Harry Neumann

| editing = Ed Gilmore Walker

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{film date|1929|03|31}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

}}

Smilin' Guns is a 1929 American silent Western film, directed by Henry MacRae and starring Hoot Gibson.

Plot

Cowboy Jack "Dirty Neck" Purvin travels to San Francisco to learn how to become a refined gentleman to impress Helen van Smythe. Upon his return from San Francisco, Purvin is forced to shed his training to save van Smythe from the grasp of a count, and her mother from a jewel thief.

Cast

Hoot Gibson as Jack Purvin
Blanche Mehaffey as Helen van Smythe
Virginia Pearson as Mrs. van Smythe
Robert Graves as Durkin
Leo White as Count Barett
Walter Brennan as Ranch Foreman
Jack Wise as Professor
James Bradbury Jr. as Barber
Dad Gibson as Stationmaster (credited as Walter "Dad" Gibson)

Preservation status

A print exists at the Library of Congress.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2227/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Smilin' Guns]

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0020420|title=Smilin' Guns}}

Category:1929 films

Category:1920s Western (genre) comedy films

Category:1920s English-language films

Category:Films based on short fiction

Category:Films directed by Henry MacRae

Category:Universal Pictures films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:1929 comedy films

Category:Silent American Western (genre) comedy films

Category:1920s American films

Category:English-language Western (genre) comedy films