A Broadway Cowboy
1920 film
- July 4, 1920 (1920-07-04)
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A Broadway Cowboy is a 1920 American silent Western comedy film directed by Joseph Franz and starring William Desmond. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange.[1]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[2] Betty Jordan (Francisco), daughter of a Montana banker, is in the East attending boarding school and falls desperately in love with Burke Randolph (Desmond), a matinee idol, who performs valiant deeds behind the footlights each night in the title role of an old-fashioned melodrama, The Western Knight.
She is expelled from school after Burke treats a chaperon rather roughly during an automobile ride. When Betty returns home to Montana, Sheriff Pat McGann (Delmar), who is in love with her, finds a picture she has of Burke in his cowboy suit, and in a fit of jealousy sends copies of it out to the other neighboring sheriffs with the request that Burke be arrested on sight.
When his show hits a small western town, Burke is arrested. He manages to escape, and in a series of exciting incidents accidentally captures four desperadoes who in the prior night had robbed Betty's father's bank. Burke is proclaimed as a hero and wins Betty as his bride.
Cast
- William Desmond as Burke Randolph
- Betty Francisco as Betty Jordan
- Thomas Delmar as Sheriff Pat McGann
- J. P. Lockney as Colonel Jordan
- Paddy McGuire as Prisoner at Large
- Clark Comstock as Sheriff Sim
- Evelyn Selbie as Miss Howell
Preservation status
- The film is preserved at Filmmuseum Nederlands (EYE Institut).[3]
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Broadway Cowboy.
- A Broadway Cowboy at IMDb
- A Broadway Cowboy at AllMovie
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