Cheyenne's Pal is a 1917

1917 in film

The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...

 Western film

Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...

 directed by John Ford

John Ford

John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...

 and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost

Lost film

A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...

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Production

Filming took place over a three-day period (May 23-25, 1917) under the working titles Cactus My Pal and The Dumb Friend. The finished film was released by Universal Studios

Universal Studios

Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....

 as a 20-minute silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 on two reels. The film is part of the "Cheyenne Harry" series of film featurette

Featurette

Featurette is a term used in the American film industry to designate a film whose length is approximately three quarters of a reel, or about 20–44 minutes in running time - thus midway between a short subject and a feature film; thus it is a "small feature"...

s, and was initially released as a promotional tool for the sale of USA war bonds during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

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Plot

Cheyenne Harry gets drunk and sells Cactus, his faithful horse (played by Pete Carey in full horse costume). Consumed with regret, he takes a job aboard the ship where Cactus is kept and the two escape in a midnight jump overboard.

Cast

• Gertrude Astor
  Gertrude Astor
  Gertrude Astor was an American motion picture character actress, who began her career playing trombone on a riverboat.-Career:...
  
   - Girl from dancing hall
• Harry Carey - Cheyenne Harry
• Pete Carey - Cactus
• Jim Corey
  Jim Corey
  James Warren "Jim" Corey was an American actor. He appeared in 315 films between 1914 and 1948. He was born in Nebraska and died in Los Angeles, California...
  
   - Noisy Jim
• Hoot Gibson
  Hoot Gibson
  Hoot Gibson was an American rodeo champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer.-Early life and career:...
  
   - Cowboy
• Ed Jones - Cowboy
• Vester Pegg
  Vester Pegg
  Vester Pegg was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 140 films between 1912 and 1941.He was born in Appleton City, Missouri and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   - Cowboy
• Steve Pimento - Cowboy
• William Steele
  William Steele (actor)
  William Anton Gittinger , best known as William Steele, was an American actor of small roles in Westerns, particularly those of John Ford....
  
   (as Bill Gettinger) - Cowboy

See also

• John Ford filmography
  John Ford filmography
  The following are the films directed by John Ford. He was credited as Jack Ford in all his silent films until Cameo Kirby in 1923. The Internet Movie Database lists Ford as directing 140 films from 1917 to 1966...
  
  
• Harry Carey filmography
  Harry Carey filmography
  This is a list of films featuring Harry Carey.-1912:* An Unseen Enemy* Two Daughters of Eve* Friends* So Near, Yet So Far* A Feud in the Kentucky Hills* In the Aisles of the Wild* The One She Loved* The Painted Lady...
  
  
• Hoot Gibson filmography
  Hoot Gibson filmography
  These are the films of Hoot Gibson----1910 - 1911 - 1912 - 1913 - 1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918 - 1919 - 1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929 - 1930s - 1940s -1950s -1960s - References-----1910:* Pride of the Range...
  
  
• List of American films of 1917