Taking a Chance (1928)
Based on Bret Harte's 1925 serialized novel The Saint of Calamity Gulch, this silent Western starred Rex Bell as a lawman tracking a mysterious masked bandit. The "outlaw," however, proves to be lovely Jessie Smith (Lola Todd), a girl wronged. Jessie proves not to be bad at all and actually saves Joe Courtney (Bell) from villainous Dan Carson (Richard Carlyle). 9-year-old Billy Butts provided comedy relief in this Western, one of four Fox oaters starring Bell, a future lieutenant governor of Nevada and the husband of Clara Bow. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Norman Z. McLeod
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Synopsis of Taking a Chance
Based on Bret Harte's 1925 serialized novel The Saint of Calamity Gulch, this silent Western starred Rex Bell as a lawman tracking a mysterious masked bandit. The "outlaw," however, proves to be lovely Jessie Smith (Lola Todd), a girl wronged. Jessie proves not to be bad at all and actually saves Joe Courtney (Bell) from villainous Dan Carson (Richard Carlyle). 9-year-old Billy Butts provided comedy relief in this Western, one of four Fox oaters starring Bell, a future lieutenant governor of Nevada and the husband of Clara Bow. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
Complete Cast of Taking a Chance
- Rex Bell - Joe Courtney
- Richard Carlyle - Dan Carson
- Jack Henderson - Jake
- Lola Todd - Jessie Smith
- Billy Watson - Billy
- Director(s):
- Norman Z. McLeod
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