Shootin' for Love (1923)
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Universal's crack Western team of director Edward Sedgwick and star Hoot Gibson crafted a fine little silent oater about a returning war veteran who lands in the middle of a range feud. On the train bound for home, Gibson renews his friendship with the daughter of a neighboring rancher (Laura La Plante), only to find that their fathers are fighting over water rights. The returning vet is declared a coward by the citizenry because of his natural reticence when a nasty villain (William A. Steele) threatens to blow up a dam. Gibson overcomes his condition in time to save the girl from the ensuing flood, however, restoring his heroic image for all time. The usually comedy-prone Gibson kept his preference for slapstick to a minimum this time around and Shootin' for Love emerged as one of the star's better vehicles. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Hoot Gibson - Duke Travis
- Alfred Allen - Jim Travis
- William Steele - Dan Hobson
- W.T. McCulley - Sandy
- Laura La Plante - Mary Randolph
- William Welsh - Bill Randolph
- Mrs. Arthur Mackley - Sheriff Bludsoe
- Kansas Moehring - Tex Carson
- Director(s):
- Edward Sedgwick
- Writer(s):
- Albert Kenyon, Raymond Schrock
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