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 Smiling Terror
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4525 feet
Directed by Josef Levigard

Cast: Ted Wells [Ted Wayne], Derelys Perdue [Mabel], Al Ferguson [Hank Sims], Bud Osborne [Ned]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by George Plympton, from a screen story by William Lester. Production supervision by William Lord Wright. Cinematography by William Adams. Film editor, Gene Havlick. / © 16 November 1928 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP25837]. Released 30 June 1929. / 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. 65 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.