''Painted Ponies'' is a
lost 1927 American
silent Western
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film directed by
B. Reeves Eason and starring
Hoot Gibson
Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitioned ...
. It was produced and distributed by
Universal Pictures
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.
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Painted Ponies
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Cast
* Hoot Gibson
Edmund Richard "Hoot" Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo champion, film actor, film director, and producer. While acting and stunt work began as a sideline to Gibson's focus on rodeo, he successfully transitioned ...
as Bucky Simms
* William R. Dunn as Pinto Pete (credited as William Dunn)
* Charles Sellon
Charles A. Sellon (August 24, 1870 – June 26, 1937) was an American stage and film actor.
Sellon appeared in more than 100 films and stage acts between 1901 and 1935. He played the blind Mr. Muckle in W. C. Fields' comedy '' It's a Gift' ...
as Mr. Blenning
* Otto Hoffman
Otto F. Hoffman (May 2, 1879 – June 23, 1944) was an American film actor. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1915 and 1944. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California, from lung cancer.
Hoffman's Broadway credi ...
as Jim
* Ethlyne Clair
Ethlyne Clair (born Ethlyne Williamson, November 23, 1904 – February 27, 1996) was an American actress.
Biography
Clair was born in Talladega, Alabama. A former New York art student, she appeared mostly in silent film, including three Westerns ...
as Pony Blenning
* Slim Summerville
Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946) was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.
Early life
Summerville was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where his mother died w ...
as Beanpole
* Chief White Spear
* Black Hawk
* Chief John Big Tree
Chief John Big Tree (born Isaac Johnny John, June 2, 1877 – July 6, 1967) was a member of the Seneca Nation and an actor who appeared in 59 films between 1915 and 1950. He was born in Buffalo, New York and died in Onondaga Indian Reserva ...
* Mary Lopez
References
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1927 films
1927 lost films
1927 Western (genre) films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films
English-language Western (genre) films
Films directed by B. Reeves Eason
Lost American Western (genre) films
Lost silent American films
Silent American Western (genre) films
Universal Pictures films
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