Wild and Woolly (1917)
56 mins | Western, Comedy | 24 June 1917
Director:
John EmersonWriters:
Anita Loos, Horace B. CarpenterEditor:
Billy ShayProduction Company:
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corp.According to the 23 June 1917 Moving Picture World, "Douglas Fairbanks arranged with the city hall officials of Burbank, Cal., for the use of their town in scenes of Wild and Woolly. The arrangement saved director John Emerson theworreis of trying to duplicate a western town in a studio yard. 'In this way,' said the Artcraft actor, 'we have the scenic advantage of a real western town; therefore, the details are bound prove more effective than a counterfeit likeness.'"
This film was titled A Regular Guy prior to its release.
According to the 24 July 1917 Exhibitors Herald, the Chicago Board of Censors demanded the following cuts: "Subtitle: 'Say, that's a chance for us to clean up big.' All scenes where Indians and Indian agents are shown with basket containing flasks of liquor. Subtitles: Whoop her up and all you capture is yours.'; 'You watch every door of the home and after I get the girl you kill," etc.; 'They can't hurt you. Their guns are loaded with fake bullets,' etc. Shooting Fairbanks in hand. Other scene where Indian shoots man. Four scenes where Indians fall after being shot. Shooting express messenger, taking keys and rifling express strong box."
Some sources list writer-actor Horace B. Carpenter as Horace B. Carpenter. Ed Burns was formerly the foreman of Colonel Cody's Wyoming ranch. Wild and Woolly was Eileen Percy's first film. According to a production news item, Victor Fleming supervised all of the photography, which apparently involved more than one camera.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. ...
According to the 23 June 1917 Moving Picture World, "Douglas Fairbanks arranged with the city hall officials of Burbank, Cal., for the use of their town in scenes of Wild and Woolly. The arrangement saved director John Emerson theworreis of trying to duplicate a western town in a studio yard. 'In this way,' said the Artcraft actor, 'we have the scenic advantage of a real western town; therefore, the details are bound prove more effective than a counterfeit likeness.'"
This film was titled A Regular Guy prior to its release.
According to the 24 July 1917 Exhibitors Herald, the Chicago Board of Censors demanded the following cuts: "Subtitle: 'Say, that's a chance for us to clean up big.' All scenes where Indians and Indian agents are shown with basket containing flasks of liquor. Subtitles: Whoop her up and all you capture is yours.'; 'You watch every door of the home and after I get the girl you kill," etc.; 'They can't hurt you. Their guns are loaded with fake bullets,' etc. Shooting Fairbanks in hand. Other scene where Indian shoots man. Four scenes where Indians fall after being shot. Shooting express messenger, taking keys and rifling express strong box."
Some sources list writer-actor Horace B. Carpenter as Horace B. Carpenter. Ed Burns was formerly the foreman of Colonel Cody's Wyoming ranch. Wild and Woolly was Eileen Percy's first film. According to a production news item, Victor Fleming supervised all of the photography, which apparently involved more than one camera.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. Wild and Woolly was screened at the 2006 Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 25 February 2006.
A prologue compares the old West with that of the modern day. In the story, Hollis J. Hillington, the New York president of a Western railroad, and his son Jeff, a nut for Western legend and lore, are introduced. When three representatives from Bitter Creek, Arizona arrive to convince Hillington to run a line through their town, Hillington, hoping to cure Jeff of his obsession, sends him West to investigate. After Nell Larrabee suggests that the town disguise itself to be like the old West, so that Jeff will have a good time and report favorably to his father, they plan a fake train holdup and Indian raid, and secretly exchange Jeff's bullets for fake ones. When Steve Shelby, a crooked Indian agent, leads a real Indian raid and abducts Nell, Jeff, locked in the dance hall, kicks through the ceiling to his room above to get real bullets. He leads a victory over the Indians and rescues Nell, but decides that he has been a fool and goes home. Because Western romances always end in marriage, Jeff and Nell are next seen in Eastern garb in their mansion, which overlooks the Western ...
A prologue compares the old West with that of the modern day. In the story, Hollis J. Hillington, the New York president of a Western railroad, and his son Jeff, a nut for Western legend and lore, are introduced. When three representatives from Bitter Creek, Arizona arrive to convince Hillington to run a line through their town, Hillington, hoping to cure Jeff of his obsession, sends him West to investigate. After Nell Larrabee suggests that the town disguise itself to be like the old West, so that Jeff will have a good time and report favorably to his father, they plan a fake train holdup and Indian raid, and secretly exchange Jeff's bullets for fake ones. When Steve Shelby, a crooked Indian agent, leads a real Indian raid and abducts Nell, Jeff, locked in the dance hall, kicks through the ceiling to his room above to get real bullets. He leads a victory over the Indians and rescues Nell, but decides that he has been a fool and goes home. Because Western romances always end in marriage, Jeff and Nell are next seen in Eastern garb in their mansion, which overlooks the Western plains.
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