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The Royal Rider
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6063 feet
Directed by Harry J. Brown (Harry Joe Brown)
Cast: Ken Maynard [Dick Scott], Olive Hasbrouck [Ruth Elliott], Philippe De Lacey (Philippe de Lacy) [King Michael XI], Theodore Lorch [the prime minister], Joseph Burke [the king’s tutor], Harry Semels [Parvene], William Franey (Billy Franey) [a wild west show performer], Frank Rice [a wild west show performer], Bobby Dunn [a wild west show performer], Johnny Sinclair [a wild west show performer], Benny Corbett (Ben Corbett) [a wild west show performer], [?] General Iconakoff?, Tarzan, the horse
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Produced by Charles R. Rogers. Scenario by Jacques Jaccard and Sylvia Bernstein Seid (Sylvia Bernstein), from a screen story by Nate Gatzert. Cinematography by Ted McCord. Film editor, Fred Allen. Intertitles written by Lesley Mason. Presented by Charles R. Rogers. / © 10 May 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP398]. Released 5 May 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Al Rogell was initially announced to direct the film. Hasbrouck’s final film. The production was originally released as a silent film; the film was later accompanied by synchronized music and sound effects (no talking sequences were added) and rereleased in the USA in late 1929. / Silent film.
Comedy: Western.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 18 October 2023.
References: Best-Those p. 56; Weaver-Twenty p. 239 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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