A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Silent Rider
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5808 feet
Directed by Lynn Reynolds

Cast: Hoot Gibson [Jerry Alton], Blanche Mehaffey [Marian Faer], Ethan Laidlaw [Red Wender], Otis Harlan [‘Sourdough’ Jackson], Wendell Phillips Franklin [Tommy], Arthur Morrison [Green], Nora Cecil [Mrs. Randall], Dick La Reno [the sheriff], Lon Poff [‘Baldy’], Dick L’Strange [‘Blondy’]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Joseph Franklin Poland, from the short story “The Red-Headed Husband” by Katharine Newlin Burt. Art direction by David S. Garber. Cinematography by Harry Neumann. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 22 December 1926 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP23460]. Released 2 January 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 57 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.