COURTIN' WILDCATS (1929) Hoot Gibson, Eugenia Gilbert & Monte Montague | Western | B&W | Retro Movie

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Courtin' Wildcats is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy Western film directed by Jerome Storm and produced by and starring Hoot Gibson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film based on the short story "Courtin' Calamity" by William Dudley Pelley, which had previously been filmed in 1924 as the silent western The Sawdust Trail. It was distributed through the Universal Pictures.

Synopsis

College boy Clarence Butts has been sent west by the Doctor to join McKenzie's circus. There he finds Calamity Jane running roughshod over everyone. So the dude decides to tame her.

Cast & Crew

Hoot Gibson as Clarence Butts
Eugenia Gilbert as Calamity Jane
Harry Todd as McKenzie
Joseph W. Girard as Mr. Butts
Monte Montague as McLaren
John Oscar as Quid Johnson
Jim Corey as The Fugitive
James Farley as The Doctor
Pete Morrison as Huxley
Joe Bonomo as Gorilla

Directed by: Jerome Storm
Written by: Dudley McKenna
Produced by: Hoot Gibson
Starring: Hoot Gibson
Cinematography: Harry Neuman
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: December 22, 1929
Running Time: 6 reels
Country: United States
Languages: Sound (Part-Talkie), English Intertitles