• Source: Under Western Skies (1926 film)

      • Under Western Skies is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Norman Kerry, Anne Cornwall, and Ward Crane.


      Plot


      As described in a film magazine review, Bob Erskine, son of the New York Banker James Erskine, gets acquainted with Sam Parkhurst, an Oregon rancher, and falls in love with his daughter Ella. Later at Pendleton, Oregon, Bob works as a harvest-hand for Sam. A crop failure threatens the area farmers because the eastern bankers, headed by James Erskine, will not advance any of the farmers money. Bob bargains with his father. The father agrees to advance the money to the farmers if Bob wins the steeplechase in the Pendleton rodeo. Bob rides, wins the race, and the effection of Ella.


      Cast




      Production


      The film uses footage taken for several events taken at the 1925 Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon.


      Preservation


      With no prints of Under Western Skies located in any film archives, it is a lost film.


      References




      Bibliography


      Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.
      Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20969-9


      External links


      Under Western Skies at IMDb

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