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Wild and Woolly

  • 19171917
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 12m
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Douglas Fairbanks in Wild and Woolly (1917)
  • Comedy
  • Western
  • Romance
The civilized inhabitants of a formerly "wild" western town scramble to recreate the town's rough and rowdy heyday in order to indulge the fantasies of a rich newcomer.The civilized inhabitants of a formerly "wild" western town scramble to recreate the town's rough and rowdy heyday in order to indulge the fantasies of a rich newcomer.The civilized inhabitants of a formerly "wild" western town scramble to recreate the town's rough and rowdy heyday in order to indulge the fantasies of a rich newcomer.
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633
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  • Director
    • John Emerson
  • Writers
    • Horace B. Carpenter(story)
    • Anita Loos(scenario)
    • John Emerson(titles)
  • Stars
    • Douglas Fairbanks
    • Eileen Percy
    • Calvert Carter
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  • Director
    • John Emerson
  • Writers
    • Horace B. Carpenter(story)
    • Anita Loos(scenario)
    • John Emerson(titles)
  • Stars
    • Douglas Fairbanks
    • Eileen Percy
    • Calvert Carter
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    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Douglas Fairbanks
    Douglas Fairbanks
    • Jeff Hillingtonas Jeff Hillington
    Eileen Percy
    Eileen Percy
    • Nell Larabeeas Nell Larabee
    Calvert Carter
    • Tom Larabee - Hotel Keeperas Tom Larabee - Hotel Keeper
    Charles Stevens
    Charles Stevens
    • Pedroas Pedro
    Sam De Grasse
    Sam De Grasse
    • Steve Shelby - Indian Agentas Steve Shelby - Indian Agent
    • (as Sam de Grasse)
    Ruth Allen
      Monte Blue
      Monte Blue
      • One of Wild Bill's Menas One of Wild Bill's Men
      • (uncredited)
      Edward Burns
        Walter Bytell
        • Collis J. Hillingtonas Collis J. Hillington
        • (uncredited)
        Wharton James
        • Lawyeras Lawyer
        • (uncredited)
        Adolphe Menjou
        Adolphe Menjou
          Bull Montana
          Bull Montana
          • Bartenderas Bartender
          • (uncredited)
          Forrest Seabury
          • Bankeras Banker
          • (uncredited)
          Joseph Singleton
          Joseph Singleton
          • Judson - Butleras Judson - Butler
          • (uncredited)
          Tom Wilson
          Tom Wilson
          • Casey - Engineeras Casey - Engineer
          • (uncredited)
          • Director
            • John Emerson
          • Writers
            • Horace B. Carpenter(story)
            • Anita Loos(scenario)
            • John Emerson(titles)
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          A rich young Easterner who has always wanted to live in "the Wild West" plans to move to a Western town. Unknown to him, the town's "wild" days are long gone, and it is an orderly, civilized place now. The townsmen, not wanting to lose a rich potential resident, contrive to make over the town to suit the young man's fantasy. —frankfob2@yahoo.com
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            • Just what its title indicates. A story of the West, the great out-doors with happy-go-luck "Doug" togged out in a cow-puncher's "get-up" and so full of "pep" that you roar from the minute the picture starts until ended. (Print Ad- Evening Farmer, ((Bridgeport, Conn.)) 22 August 1917)
          • Genres
            • Comedy
            • Western
            • Romance
          • Certificate
            • Passed
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            Edited into Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)

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          8/10
          Creation of a Comedian
          Before redirecting his career to swashbuckling adventure flicks with "The Mark of Zorro" in 1920, Douglas Fairbanks starred in modern comedies. He repeated the role of a modern mollycoddle or discontent yearning for adventure; in this film, "Wild and Woolly", he returns comically to his Western roots. He teamed with screenwriter Anita Loos, who pioneered the craft working for D.W. Griffith, and her husband director John Emerson to cement the first of Fairbanks's two popular incarnations. According to the print I saw, Victor Fleming ("The Wizard of Oz", "Gone with the Wind") is credited with photography here, and he worked on other Fairbanks vehicles, beginning his directorial career making them.

          The presence of Loos is readily noticeable in the quantity of intertitles, which contributed much of the humor to Fairbanks vehicles, and thus redefined the role of title cards in silent films. In "Wild and Woolly", as elsewhere, they help to undercut the film by poking fun at itself and movies in general, such as in the scene where Fairbanks goes to a picture-play to have his dreams of the wild West come true--even in New York. The entire film plays around with the fact that movies romanticize bygone eras. The ending, too, jests at itself with the insertion of one intertitle.

          The pacing is also a nice compliment to Fairbanks's restless, exuberant performance; the editing is as energetic and frantic as he is. It's congruity is also similar to Mack Sennett's Keystone comedies and, as William K. Everson ("American Silent Film") pointed out, is indicative of the fast pace of pictures post "The Birth of a Nation" (1915). Everson claimed that some shots in "Wild and Woolly" lasted no more than five frames. Additionally, Faribanks's acrobatics are perfectly suited to the genre, which he'd carry into his adventure spectacles. Today, Fairbanks remains one of the better-known silent film stars, but mostly for his swashbucklers. Yet, he should be recognized as an early American screen comedian alongside Sennett, Arbuckle, Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd, as well, even though his films aren't slapstick and he couldn't be considered a clown of the same order. Like some of the films of Sennett, Chaplin and Keaton especially, "Wild and Woolly" is, however, a comedy that in reflecting itself finds much of its humor.
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          • Release date
            • June 24, 1917 (United States)
          • Country of origin
            • United States
          • Languages
            • None
            • English
          • Also known as
            • A Regular Guy
          • Filming locations
            • Nogales, Arizona, USA
          • Production company
            • Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
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          • Runtime
            1 hour 12 minutes
          • Sound mix
            • Silent
          • Aspect ratio
            • 1.33 : 1

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