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Ridin' Pretty
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Wikipedia article
'Ridin' Pretty' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring William Desmond, Ann Forrest, and Stanhope Wheatcroft.Munden, p. 652.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RidinPretty1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'Ridin' Pretty'] at silentera.com
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine, 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
Preservation
A print of 'Ridin' Pretty' is in the collection of EYE Film Institute Netherlands.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2468/default.html Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: 'Ridin' Pretty']
References
Bibliography
* Munden, Kenneth White. 'The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1'. University of California Press, 1997.
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