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A Texas Steer

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Director
  
Richard Wallace

Duration
  

Story by
  
Charles Hale Hoyt

Country
  
United States

4.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Running time
  
1h 20m

Producer
  
Sam E. Rork

Language
  
English

Release date
  
1927 (1927)

Writer
  
Garrett Graham, Bernard McConville

Screenplay
  
Will Rogers, Bernard McConville, Paul Schofield, Garrett Graham

Cast
  
Will Rogers
(Cattle Brander),
Douglas Fairbanks - Jr
(Farleigh Bright),
Lilyan Tashman
(Dixie Style),
Bud Jamison
(Othello),
Mack Swain
(Bragg)

A Texas Steer is a 1927 American silent film directed by Richard Wallace. It was a cinematic adaptation from an eponymous play by Charles Hale Hoyt.

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Summary

Maverick Brander, a newly elected Congressman from the fictional town of Red Dog, Texas, moves to Washington, D.C. to serve in the United States House of Representatives. He supports the Eagle Rock Dam bill. Meanwhile, he flirts with a woman.

Cast

  • Will Rogers as Cattle Brander
  • Louise Fazenda as Mrs. Ma Brander
  • Sam Hardy as Brassy Gall
  • Ann Rork as Bossy Brander
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Farleigh Bright
  • Lilyan Tashman as Dixie Style
  • George F. Marion as Fishback
  • Bud Jamison as Othello (as Bud Jamieson)
  • Arthur Hoyt as Knott Innitt
  • Mack Swain as Bragg
  • William Orlamond as Blow
  • Lucien Littlefield as Yell

    • Critical reception

    The film was reviewed in The New York Times by film critic Mordaunt Hall in 1928. He noted, "There are passages in this film that are rowdy, but there are also a good many witty episodes."

    References

    A Texas Steer Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    A Texas Steer IMDb