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The Footlight Ranger (1923)

The Footlight Ranger poster
Directed by
Scott R. Dunlap
Genre
Western film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A city performer heads out West where he gets mixed up with outlaws and a love interest. The silent film follows his attempts to navigate frontier life and win over a woman.

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What happens

The Footlight Ranger is a lost 1923 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and written by Dorothy Yost. The film stars Buck Jones, Fritzi Brunette, James Mason, Lillian Langdon, Lydia Yeamans Titus and Henry A. Barrows. The film was released on January 14, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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