The Knickerbocker Buckaroo

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is a 1919 American silent Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film.^[1] The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is now considered lost.^[2][3]

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Theatrical poster to The Knickerbocker Buckaroo
Directed by	Albert Parker Arthur Rosson (asst. director)
Story by	Elton Thomas Joseph Henabery Frank Condon Ted Reed
Produced by	Douglas Fairbanks
Starring	Douglas Fairbanks
Cinematography	Hugh McClung Glen MacWilliams
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	May 18, 1919 (1919-05-18)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles
Budget	$264,000

Synopsis

Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a Mexican bandit and is pursued by a corrupt sheriff who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune.^[1][4]

Production background

The Knickerbocker Buckaroo was Fairbanks' last film under his contract with Paramount Pictures. After this production, he worked exclusively at United Artists, a company he co-founded in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith.

Cast

• Douglas Fairbanks as Teddy Drake
• Marjorie Daw as Rita Allison
• William A. Wellman as Henry (Wellman's debut in the film industry)
• Frank Campeau as Crooked Sheriff
• Edythe Chapman as Teddy's Mother
• Albert MacQuarrie as Manual Lopez
• Ernest Butterworth

See also

• List of lost films