The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
	Theatrical poster to The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Directed by	Albert Parker; Arthur Rosson (asst. director)
Produced by	Douglas Fairbanks
Story by	Elton Thomas; Joseph Henabery; Frank Condon; Ted Reed
Starring	Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematography	Hugh McClung; Glen MacWilliams
Production; company	Famous Players-Lasky/Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 18, 1919;
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent; English intertitles
Budget	$264,000

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo was a 1919 American silent Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film.[1] The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is now considered lost.[2][3]

Synopsis

Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a Mexican bandit and is pursued by a corrupt sheriff who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune.[1][4]

Production background

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo was Fairbanks' last film under his contract with Paramount Pictures. After this production, he worked exclusively at United Artists, a company he co-founded in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith.

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks as Teddy Drake
Marjorie Daw as Rita Allison
William A. Wellman as Henry (Wellman's debut in the film industry)
Frank Campeau as Crooked Sheriff
Edythe Chapman as Teddy's Mother
Albert MacQuarrie as Manual Lopez
Ernest Butterworth

References

Progressive Silent Film List: The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at silentera.com
Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
Thompson, Frank. Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared, pages 86-89. Citadel Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8065-1604-6

External links

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[silentera-1] Progressive Silent Film List: The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at silentera.com

[2] Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.

[3] The Knickerbocker Buckaroo at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)

[4] Thompson, Frank. Lost Films: Important Movies That Disappeared, pages 86-89. Citadel Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8065-1604-6