The Bonanza Buckaroo (1926)
Comedy, Western | 2 August 1926
Cast:
Buffalo Bill Jr., Harry Todd, Judy King [ More ]Director:
Richard ThorpeWriters:
Betty Burbridge, Barr CrossCinematographer:
Ray ReisProduction Company:
Action Pictures, Inc.The Bonanza Buckaroo was planned to be the second in a series of westerns produced by Lester F. Scott, Jr., featuring Buffalo Bill, Jr. (a.k.a. Jay Wilsey), according to the 4 Jul 1926 Film Daily, which stated that filming had ended the previous week. The 10 Jul 1926 Moving Picture World announced the film was ready for release, along with four other Associated Exhibitors productions. The Oct 1926 Motion Picture News Booking Guide cited an issue date of 2 Aug 1926. The film was set to open later that week, on 8 Aug 1926 in Alton, IL, and on 9 Aug 1926 in Altoona, PA, according to advertisements in the Alton Evening Telegraph and Altoona Mirror. ...
The Bonanza Buckaroo was planned to be the second in a series of westerns produced by Lester F. Scott, Jr., featuring Buffalo Bill, Jr. (a.k.a. Jay Wilsey), according to the 4 Jul 1926 Film Daily, which stated that filming had ended the previous week. The 10 Jul 1926 Moving Picture World announced the film was ready for release, along with four other Associated Exhibitors productions. The Oct 1926 Motion Picture News Booking Guide cited an issue date of 2 Aug 1926. The film was set to open later that week, on 8 Aug 1926 in Alton, IL, and on 9 Aug 1926 in Altoona, PA, according to advertisements in the Alton Evening Telegraph and Altoona Mirror.
Bill Merritt and his pal, Chewin' Charlie, notice a touring car passing them on the road. Soon the car stops, and the party sets out after a jackrabbit wanted by an elderly lady in the car. Bill, realizing the brakes have slipped on a downgrade, rescues the runaway car and its occupant, Mrs. Gordon, and wins the lady's admiration. Invited to the hotel of millionaire mine owner Andrew Gordon, Bill becomes interested in his daughter, Cleo, but is told that the man who aspires to be her husband must possess wealth. That night Bill overhears a plot to take over a strip of land between Gordon's mine and that of his enemy Tom Middleton; Bill and Charlie set out to stake their claim, and after subduing "Fraction" Jack, they register the claim. Bill persuades Gordon to buy out his claim and saves Charlie from claim ...
Bill Merritt and his pal, Chewin' Charlie, notice a touring car passing them on the road. Soon the car stops, and the party sets out after a jackrabbit wanted by an elderly lady in the car. Bill, realizing the brakes have slipped on a downgrade, rescues the runaway car and its occupant, Mrs. Gordon, and wins the lady's admiration. Invited to the hotel of millionaire mine owner Andrew Gordon, Bill becomes interested in his daughter, Cleo, but is told that the man who aspires to be her husband must possess wealth. That night Bill overhears a plot to take over a strip of land between Gordon's mine and that of his enemy Tom Middleton; Bill and Charlie set out to stake their claim, and after subduing "Fraction" Jack, they register the claim. Bill persuades Gordon to buy out his claim and saves Charlie from claim jumpers.
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