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The Ballyhoo Buster
Bob Warner sells some cattle to two men who later drug him and rob him of the sale money. He takes a job with a medicine show as a barker, offering a reward to any spectator to last three rounds in fighting him. While in the ring, he notices in the audience the two men who stole his money. He knocks out his contestant, pursues the crooks, and recovers the money.
| Release : | 1928 |
| Rating : | 0 |
| Studio : | Action Pictures, |
| Crew : | Director of Photography, Director, |
| Cast : | Jay Wilsey Peggy Shaw Nancy Nash Al Hart Lafe McKee |
| Genre : | Western |
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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.
Richard Thorpe wrote and directed this silent film in order to learn the visual language of subjective camera. He paints a portrait like an artist in this film, applying careful brush strokes to narrate the story. His silent films do not belong in his canon of films except to note that he did make some silent projects where he learned his trade. He did bring a sense of adventure to this offering which was his unique selling proposition. I'm not too sure how much of a good writer he was as he only co-wrote this film. My personal opinion is that he was a better director than writer in the long run as he has an eye for period pieces..
