Under Western Skies
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Directed byEdward Sedgwick
Written by
Produced byCarl Laemmle
Starring
CinematographyVirgil Miller
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • February 7, 1926 (1926-02-07)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Under Western Skies is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Norman Kerry, Anne Cornwall, and Ward Crane.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[3] 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.[4]

Preservation

With no prints of Under Western Skies located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ↑ Munden, p. 845
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Under Western Skies at silentera.com
  3. ↑ Pardy, George T. (March 20, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Under Western Skies", Motion Picture News, New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc., 33 (12): 1306, retrieved April 9, 2023 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ Langman, p. 478
  5. ↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Under Western Skies

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


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