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The Kid from Texas (1939 film)

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Director
  
S. Sylvan Simon

Music director
  
William Axt

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Romance, Western

Produced by
  
Edgar Selwyn

Country
  
United States

The Kid from Texas (1939 film) movie poster

Release date
  
April 14, 1939 (1939-04-14)

Writer
  
Florence Ryerson (screen play), Edgar Allan Woolf (screen play), Albert Mannheimer (screen play), Milton Merlin (original story), Byron Morgan (original story)

Cast
  
Dennis O'Keefe
(William Quincy),
Florence Rice
(Margo Thomas),
John Hubbard
(Bertie Thomas),
Jessie Ralph
(Aunt Minetta),
Buddy Ebsen
('Snifty'),
Virginia Dale
('Okay' Kinney)

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The Kid from Texas is a 1939 Western sports comedy film.

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Plot

Margo Thomas, a lady of New York high society, travels to Texas with her brother to buy a new polo pony. When they choose cocky cowboy William Quincy's favorite horse, he asks to accompany them on the trip back East, and when easy-going ranch hand Snifty is chosen instead, William goes along anyway.

William's happy that Margo's rich aunt Minetta takes a shine to him and he develops a romantic attraction to Margo, who resents his arrogance and presence on the Long Island estate so much at first that she asks polo players to pick a fight with him. Trying to learn her favorite sport, William leaves the estate in shame after being thrown from a horse during a polo match.

He still loves the game, so he and Snifty begin a series of Wild West polo matches in the city, "cowboys against Indians," that become popular. William makes the acquaintance of Okay Kinney, a young rider who falls for him. Margo's brother's team ends up playing his, and after impressing her with his skill, William deliberately loses the match, just to please her.

Cast

  • Dennis O'Keefe as William "Wild Bill" Malone
  • Florence Rice as Margo Thomas
  • Buddy Ebsen as Snifty
  • Jack Carson as Stanley Brown
  • Virginia Dale as "Okay" Kinney
  • Jessie Ralph as Aunt Minutia Thomas

    • Production

    Australian sports star Snowy Baker trained actor Dennis O'Keefe to play polo for the film.

    References

    The Kid from Texas (1939 film) Wikipedia
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    The Kid from Texas (1939 film) IMDb The Kid from Texas (1939 film) themoviedb.org