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The Prairie King
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5689 feet
Directed by Reaves Eason (Sr.)

Cast: Hoot Gibson [Andy Barden], Barbara Worth [Edna Jordan], Albert Prisco [Dan Murdock], Charles Sellon [Pop Wygant], Rosa Gore [Aunt Hattie], Sidney Jarvis [Jim Gardner], George Periolat [Don Fernández]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Frank Howard Clark, from an adaptation by Frank Howard Clark of a screen story by William Wallace Cook. Art direction by David S. Garber. Cinematography by Harry Neumann. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 5 May 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP23943]. Released 15 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Clauses - Mines: Gold - Wills

Listing updated: 4 October 2014.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 57 : ClasIm-240 pp. 39, 56 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.