The Bearcat (1922)
Western | 3 April 1922
Director:
Edward SedgwickWriters:
George Hively, Frank R. BuckleyCinematographer:
Charles KaufmanProduction Company:
Universal Film Manufacturing Co.An item in the 15 October 1921 Camera announced that Universal Film Mfg. Co. had purchased rights to F. R. Buckley’s story, “Sou’ West,” as a starring vehicle for rodeo champion turned film star, Hoot Gibson. The story had originally appeared in the 20 August 1921 issue of Western Story Magazine. It was selected by Universal’s head of scenario in New York, John C. Brownwell, to be one of eight Universal “Special Attractions” set to star Gibson, according to the 22 October 1921 Motion Picture News.
Filming was completed by 25 March 1922, as indicated by that day’s Motion Picture News, which noted that the picture was made under the working title, The Singing Kid but it had since been renamed The Bearcat. The 31 March 1922 Variety review spelled the title as The Bear Cat.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
An item in the 15 October 1921 Camera announced that Universal Film Mfg. Co. had purchased rights to F. R. Buckley’s story, “Sou’ West,” as a starring vehicle for rodeo champion turned film star, Hoot Gibson. The story had originally appeared in the 20 August 1921 issue of Western Story Magazine. It was selected by Universal’s head of scenario in New York, John C. Brownwell, to be one of eight Universal “Special Attractions” set to star Gibson, according to the 22 October 1921 Motion Picture News.
Filming was completed by 25 March 1922, as indicated by that day’s Motion Picture News, which noted that the picture was made under the working title, The Singing Kid but it had since been renamed The Bearcat. The 31 March 1922 Variety review spelled the title as The Bear Cat.
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included this picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
The Singing Kid
The Bearcat, alias The Singin' Kid, crosses the Rio Grande into Three Pines, singing bloodthirsty verses, but in spite of these he makes friends with Sheriff Bill Garfield and likewise with Alys May, daughter of cattle rancher John P. May, by saving her from a runaway. As a reward he gets a job on the ranch and falls in love with Alys, though warned she is engaged to Aitken, her brother's college chum. Aitken and Peter return from college, and Aitken becomes involved in an affair with Mary Lang, a former sweetheart in a neighboring town, who wants a payment to forget the flirtation. The Kid keeps Aitken from paying, and when Mary's accomplice is murdered he takes the blame, but later he proves himself innocent. Aitken departs for the East, leaving the field free to the Kid and ...
The Bearcat, alias The Singin' Kid, crosses the Rio Grande into Three Pines, singing bloodthirsty verses, but in spite of these he makes friends with Sheriff Bill Garfield and likewise with Alys May, daughter of cattle rancher John P. May, by saving her from a runaway. As a reward he gets a job on the ranch and falls in love with Alys, though warned she is engaged to Aitken, her brother's college chum. Aitken and Peter return from college, and Aitken becomes involved in an affair with Mary Lang, a former sweetheart in a neighboring town, who wants a payment to forget the flirtation. The Kid keeps Aitken from paying, and when Mary's accomplice is murdered he takes the blame, but later he proves himself innocent. Aitken departs for the East, leaving the field free to the Kid and Alys.
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