King of the Rodeo (film) explained

King of the Rodeo
Director:	Henry MacRae
Producer:	Hoot Gibson
Story:	Bertha Muzzy Sinclair (as B.M. Bower)
Starring:	Hoot Gibson
Cinematography:	Harry Neuman
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

King of the Rodeo is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Henry MacRae and produced by and starring Hoot Gibson. It was distributed through Universal Pictures.^[1]

Plot

Gibson here plays Montana Kid, son of the lead character in Chip of the Flying U (1926).

Cast

• Hoot Gibson as Montana Kid
• Kathryn Crawford as Dulcie Harlan
• Slim Summerville as Slim
• Charles K. French as Chip Sr.
• Monte Montague as Weasel
• Joseph W. Girard as Harlan
• Jack Knapp as Shorty
• Harry Todd as J. G.
• Bodil Rosing as Mother

Preservation status

A print has been preserved at the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/KingOfTheRodeo1929.html Progressive Silent Film List: King of the Rodeo
2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 97 c.1978 by the American Film Institute