Under Western Skies (1926)
Bob Erskine, the son of a wealthy New York banker, falls in love with Ella Parkhurst, the daughter of an Oregon rancher. Bob goes to work as a fieldhand for the elder Parkhurst and discovers that the Oregon crops may fail because eastern bankers, led by Bob's father, refuse to advance the farmers credit. Bob intercedes with his father, who promises to help the ranchers if Bob wins the steeplechase in the Pendleton rodeo.
- Date of release
- 1926-02-07
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Edward Sedgwick
Casting
- Norman Kerry — Robert Erskine
- Anne Cornwall — Ella Parkhurst
- Ward Crane — Otto Stern
- George Fawcett — James Erskine
- Kathleen Key — Milly Lewis
- Eddie Gribbon — Reed
- Harry Todd — Payne
- Charles K. French — Sam Parkhurst
- William Steele — Fleming
- John S. Peters — Count Andriani
- Artie Ortego — Indian cook
Interesting facts
Under Western Skies is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Norman Kerry, Anne Cornwall, and Ward Crane.
Production
The film uses footage taken for several events taken at the 1925 Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon.
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