Courtin' Wildcats Explained

Courtin' Wildcats
Director:	Jerome Storm
Producer:	Hoot Gibson
Starring:	Hoot Gibson
Cinematography:	Harry Neuman
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles

Courtin' Wildcats is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy Western film directed by Jerome Storm and produced by and starring Hoot Gibson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film based on the short story "Courtin' Calamity" by William Dudley Pelley, which had previously been filmed in 1924 as the silent western The Sawdust Trail. It was distributed through the Universal Pictures.^{[1] [2]}

Preservation status

A print of Courtin' Wildcats is preserved by the Library of Congress.^[3]

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/CourtinWildcats1929.html Progressive Silent Film List: Courtin' Wildcats
2. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3459 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Courtin' Wildcats
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 36, c.1978 by the American Film Institute