Ridin' Pretty is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Ann Forrest, and Stanhope Wheatcroft.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] Arizona cowboy Sky Parker (Desmond) goes to San Francisco to claim an inheritance left him by his uncle. He takes five cowboys with him. The "boys" have a hectic time, among the adventures include a ride through the city on borrowed truck horses from a brewery, a stunt for which they are arrested. A cousin of Sky persuades Maize, a young woman, to assist him in getting the inheritance away from Sky, but she relents and runs away. Sky rides a motorcycle to catch and board her train, winds her consent to marriage, and throws out his cousin.
Cast
- William Desmond as Sky Parker
- Ann Forrest as Maize
- Stanhope Wheatcroft as Miller
- Billy Sullivan as Stringbean
- Slim Cole as Big Bill
- Tex Young as Shorty
- William Gillis as Gloom
- Frank Rice as Barb Wire
Preservation
A print of Ridin' Pretty is in the collection of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.[4]
References
- ^ Munden, p. 652.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Ridin' Pretty at silentera.com
- ^ Smith, Sumner (January 17, 1925). "Ridin' Pretty; William Desmond and Ann Forrest in Entertaining Universal Western". The Moving Picture World. 72 (3). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 267. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Ridin' Pretty
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
