Courtin' Wildcats (1929)
A bookish Easterner (Hoot Gibson) is shipped off to a Western ranch for toughening up. Once on the ranch, he falls for a tough dame (Eugenia Gilbert) who is falsely accused of murdering her father's enemy. To the strains of "Courtin' Calamity," the former dude shows what he is really made of by capturing the real killer. This commonplace Western was Hoot Gibson's final part in a talkie. Carl Laemmle, the founder of Gibson's studio, Universal, and a great fan of Westerns, was running scared and didn't think outdoor pictures could do well with dialogue. Consequently, he canned all of his cowboy stars shortly after the release of Courtin' Wildcats, and Gibson's career never truly recovered. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hoot Gibson, Eugenia Gilbert, (more)
- Director(s):
- Jerome Storm
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Synopsis of Courtin' Wildcats
A bookish Easterner (Hoot Gibson) is shipped off to a Western ranch for toughening up. Once on the ranch, he falls for a tough dame (Eugenia Gilbert) who is falsely accused of murdering her father's enemy. To the strains of "Courtin' Calamity," the former dude shows what he is really made of by capturing the real killer. This commonplace Western was Hoot Gibson's final part in a talkie. Carl Laemmle, the founder of Gibson's studio, Universal, and a great fan of Westerns, was running scared and didn't think outdoor pictures could do well with dialogue. Consequently, he canned all of his cowboy stars shortly after the release of Courtin' Wildcats, and Gibson's career never truly recovered. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Complete Cast of Courtin' Wildcats
- Hoot Gibson - Clarence Butts
- Harry Todd
- Monte Montague - McLaren
- Jim Corey
- Pete Morrison
- Ben Corbett - circus hand
- Frank Ellis - circus hand
- Lon Poff - The Professor
- Eugenia Gilbert - Calamity Jane
- Joseph W. Girard - Butts, Sr.
- John Oscar
- James Farley - The Doctor
- Joe Bonomo
- Fred Gilman - Fred
- Blackie Whiteford - cop
- Arthur Millett - chief of police
- Director(s):
- Jerome Storm
- Writer(s):
- Dudley McKenna
- Producer(s):
- Hoot Gibson
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