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Under Western Skies
Under Western Skies
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Directed by	Edward Sedgwick
Written by	Edward Sedgwick; Charles E. Whittaker;
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Norman Kerry; Anne Cornwall; Ward Crane;
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	February 7, 1926;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Under Western Skies is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Norman Kerry, Anne Cornwall, and Ward Crane.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Bob Erskine, son of the New York Banker James Erskine, gets acquainted with Sam Parkhurst, an Oregon rancher, and falls in love with his daughter Ella. Later at Pendleton, Oregon, Bob works as a harvest-hand for Sam. A crop failure threatens the area farmers because the eastern bankers, headed by James Erskine, will not advance any of the farmers money. Bob bargains with his father. The father agrees to advance the money to the farmers if Bob wins the steeplechase in the Pendleton rodeo. Bob rides, wins the race, and the effection of Ella.

Cast

Norman Kerry as Robert Erskine
Anne Cornwall as Ella Parkhurst
Ward Crane as Otto Stern
George Fawcett as James Erskine
Kathleen Key as Milly Lewis
Eddie Gribbon as Reed
Harry Todd as Payne
Charles K. French as Sam Parkhurst
William Steele as Fleming
John S. Peters as Count Andriani
Artie Ortego as Indian cook

Production

The film uses footage taken for several events taken at the 1925 Pendleton Round-Up in Pendleton, Oregon.^[4]

Preservation

With no prints of Under Western Skies located in any film archives,^[5] it is a lost film.

References

^ Munden, p. 845
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Under Western Skies at silentera.com
^ Pardy, George T. (March 20, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Under Western Skies", Motion Picture News, 33 (12), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1306, retrieved April 9, 2023 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Langman, p. 478
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Under Western Skies

Bibliography

Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.
Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20969-9