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Hoot Gibson (left) and Harry Carey.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Straight Shooting
Also known as Straight Shootin’ in the USA; Pred puskami cowboyu (Facing Cowboys’ Guns) in Czechoslovakia; Centro! in Italy; Tiro al blanco in Venezuela : [The Cattle War], [Joan of the Cattle Country]
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Jack Ford (John Ford)
Cast: Harry Carey [‘Cheyenne’ Harry], Molly Malone [Joan Sims], Duke R. Lee [‘Thunder’ Flint], George Berrell [Sweet Water Sims, Joan’s father], Ted Brooks [Tom Sims, Joan’s brother], Hoot Gibson [Danny Morgan/Sam Turner], Milt Brown [Black-Eye Pete]; Vester Pegg [Placer Fremont], William Gettinger (William Steele) [Sheriff Davies], [?] ? [the bartender], [?] ? [the ranchers' Mexican man]
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Butterfly]. / Scenario by George Hively, from a screen story by George Hively. Photographed (cinematography) by George Scott. / © 20 August 1917 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP11276]. Released 27 August 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Joan of the Cattle Lands. Ford’s first feature film. The film was rereleased in the USA by Universal Pictures Corporation on 27 December 1924, and © 17 December 1924 (under the title Straight Shootin’) by Universal Pictures Corporation. The surviving print in the Czechoslavak Film Archives has a happy ending that was apparently edited into the film by Universal for its 1924 rerelease; sources indicate that Carey and Malone separate sadly in the original ending. The film was edited to two reels and rereleased in the USA as Straight Shootin’. In some prints, Gibson’s character is named as Danny Morgan in the main credits and as Sam Turner in the film intertitles.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4276.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Czechoslovak Film Archives film archive (1924 rerelease version); in the George Eastman Museum film archive (possibly the 1924 rerelease version) [35mm preservation positive]; and in private collections [8mm reduction prints (1924 rerelease version)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Cattlemen - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Homesteaders - Law: Enforcement: Police: Sheriffs - USA: California: Newhall (Beale’s Cut) - Weapons: Guns, Rifles
Listing updated: 19 October 2019.
References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.4276; Braff-Universal nn. 7691, 7693; Edmonds-BigU pp. 116; Everson-American pp. 13, 86k, 252-253, 369; Gallagher-Ford pp. 18, 19-22, 32, 34, 36, 60, 125, 230, 265; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 25; Limbacher-Feature p. 235; Sinclair-Ford pp. 23, 40, 230; Sinyard-Silent p. 56 : Cinemonkey-17 p. 42 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Steven P. Hill.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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