''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' is a 1919 American silent

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film directed by Albert Parker and starring

Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films including '' The Thi ...

, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo''
at silentera.com ''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' is now considered lost.

Synopsis

Fairbanks plays a hedonistic

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aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to

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to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a

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bandit and is pursued by a corrupt

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who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune.Thompson, Frank. ''Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared'', pages 86-89. Citadel Press, 1996.

Production background

''The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' was Fairbanks' last film under his contract with

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. After this production, he worked exclusively at

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, a company he co-founded in 1919 with

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Charles Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

, and

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Cast

as Teddy Drake * Marjorie Daw as Rita Allison * William A. Wellman as Henry (Wellman's debut in the film industry) *

Frank Campeau Frank Campeau (December 14, 1864 – November 5, 1943) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1911 and 1940 and made many appearances in films starring Douglas Fairbanks. On Broadway, Campeau appeared in ''Rio G ...

as Crooked Sheriff *

Edythe Chapman Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 – October 15, 1948) was an American stage and silent film actress. Career Born in Rochester, New York, Chapman began her stage career as early as 1898 when she appeared in New York City in ''The Charity Bal ...

as Teddy's Mother *

Albert MacQuarrie Albert MacQuarrie (January 8, 1882, San Francisco – February 17, 1950, California) was an American silent film actor. He was signed in 1912 and starred in about 70 films before his retirement. He starred with William Garwood in films suc ...

as Manual Lopez * Ernest Butterworth

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Knickerbocker Buckaroo 1919 films 1919 romantic comedy films 1910s Western (genre) comedy films American romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Famous Players-Lasky films Films directed by Albert Parker Films shot in Los Angeles Lost Western (genre) comedy films Lost American films 1919 lost films Lost romantic comedy films Silent American Western (genre) comedy films 1910s American films Silent romantic comedy films 1910s English-language films

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