An Eastern Westerner
1920 film
- May 2, 1920 (1920-05-02)
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An Eastern Westerner is a 1920 American silent Western comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.[1] A copy of the film exists.[1]
Plot
The Boy is the hedonistic son of wealthy eastern parents. One night when he returns home at 2 a.m. from a night of carousing at a dance hall, The Boy's strait-laced father sends him packing to his uncle's ranch in a small western community called Piute Pass. Upon arriving there, The Boy becomes smitten with a local girl. She and her father are seeking work from the villainous Tiger Lip Tompkins who owns half the town and terrorizes its people. He has lecherous plans for The Girl. When she rejects Tompkins' advances, Tompkins holds The Girl's father hostage in an upstairs room in a local saloon. The Boy frees The Girl's father and is hotly pursued by a large posse of Tompkins' white-hood clad hirelings who intend to run him out of the state. Using a number of evasive ploys, The Boy eludes the posse and escapes with The Girl. The film ends with The Boy drawing an engagement ring on The Girl's finger to signify his romantic intentions.
Cast
- Harold Lloyd as The Boy
- Mildred Davis as The Girl
- Noah Young as Tiger Lip Tompkins, The Bully, Leader of the Masked Angels
- James T. Kelley (as Jim Kelley)
- Sammy Brooks
- Mark Jones
- Wallace Howe
- Belle Mitchell as Saloon Girl (uncredited)
- William Gillespie as Dance Hall Manager / Mexican with Knife (uncredited)
- Charles Stevenson as The Headwaiter / Card Player (uncredited)
- Ben Corbett as Rope Twirler (uncredited)
See also
- List of American films of 1920
- Harold Lloyd filmography
References
- ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: An Eastern Westerner". Silent Era. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to An Eastern Westerner.
- An Eastern Westerner at IMDb
- An Eastern Westerner at AllMovie
- An Eastern Westerner at the TCM Movie Database
