The Texas Bearcat is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Bob Custer. It was distributed by Film Booking Offices of America.[1][2][3]
| The Texas Bearcat | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | B. Reeves Eason |
| Written by | George H. Plympton |
| Story by | F. J. Rhetore |
| Produced by | Jesse J. Goldburg |
| Starring | Bob Custer Sally Rand |
| Cinematography | Jack Draper (billed as Lauren A. Draper) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
editRaised to believe he is the son of a half breed Dave aids Sethman in the struggle against Crawford interests which try to get control of surrounding ranches. After coming West with her father, Crawford, Jean is saved from a runaway by Dave. Later she is saved by Dave when the unprincipled Murdock, Crawford’s agent, attempts to attack her. Sethman, to get even with Crawford, plans to rustle the cattle. In the fight Crawford wounds Sethman, but Dave shoots Crawford in the hand. Sethman, dying, tells that Dave was stolen from Crawford when a child. Then Dave is unhappy as ever until he finds that Jean is not his sister, being an adopted daughter of Crawford. With this knowledge he becomes her fiance. [4]
Cast
edit- Bob Custer as Dave Sethman
- Sally Rand as Jean Crawford
- Harry von Meter as John Crawford
- Jack Richardson as Watson
- Carlton S. King as Sethman
- Lee Shumway as Murdock
Preservation
editWith no copies of The Texas Bearcat located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.
References
edit- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: The Texas Bearcat
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Texas Bearcat at silentera.com
- ^ Blum, Daniel (1953), Pictorial History of the Silent Screen, Doubleday p. 274
- ^ Exhibitors Herald (May-Jun 1925), p53.1 at archive.org
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Texas Bearcat
External links
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