''Cheyenne's Pal'' is a 1917 American silent

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film directed by

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and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost.

Plot

As described in a

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, Noisy Jim (Corey), a British officer, is anxious to purchase Cactus Peter, the horse belonging to Cheyenne Harry (Carey), but Harry refuses to sell. Harry meets Flora Belle (Astor) one night at the dance hall. Since its pay day, Harry spends all of his money on her, and when he runs out she looks around for someone else who still has money to spend. Angered, Harry goes out, sells Cactus Pete, and returns with more money. When he awakens the next day from his drunken stupor and realizes what he has done, he is consumed with regret and goes to recover his horse. He steals his horse, but is ordered shot for the act. When the fatal hour nears, the British officer relents and Harry is allowed to go free.

Cast

* Gertrude Astor as Girl From Dancing Hall * Harry Carey as Harry "Cheyenne Harry" Henderson * Pete Carey as Pete "Cactus Pete The Horse" * Jim Corey as Jim "Noisy Jim" *

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as Cowboy * Ed Jones as Cowboy * Vester Pegg as Cowboy * Steve Pimento as Cowboy * William Steele (credited as Bill Gettinger) as Cowboy

Production

Filming took place over a three-day period (May 23–25, 1917) under the working titles ''Cactus My Pal'' and ''The Dumb Friend''. The finished film was released by

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as a 20-minute silent film on two reels. The film is part of the "Cheyenne Harry" series of film

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s, and was initially released as a promotional tool for the sale of American

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during

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.Gallagher, Tag (1986),
John Ford: The Man and His Films
'; University of California Press, p. 504.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheyenne's Pal 1917 films 1917 lost films 1917 short films 1917 Western (genre) films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films English-language Western (genre) short films Lost American Western (genre) films Lost silent American films Lost Western (genre) short films Short films directed by John Ford Silent American Western (genre) short films Universal Pictures short films

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