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Wild and Woolly is a 1917 American silent Western comedy film which tells the story of one man's personal odyssey from cowboy-obsessed Easterner to Western tough guy. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Walter Bytell and Sam De Grasse. The film was adapted by Anita Loos from a story by Horace B. Carpenter and was directed by John Emerson.
Wild and Woolly: Directed by John Emerson. With Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Calvert Carter, Charles Stevens. 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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- Comedy, Western, Romance
- John Emerson
- 1917-06-24
Aug 6, 2017 · Douglas Fairbanks plays a New Yorker who is obsessed with the west. When he gets an opportunity to travel to Arizona, the locals decide to play up the wild west element but when a robbery turns real, Doug’s cowboy skills come in handy. Home Media Availability: Released on DVD. Whoopee, yeehaw, etc.
Jeff Hillington, a New Yorker and heir to a railroad, loves the wild west. Trouble is, he imagines it as it was in the 1880s. When he decides to take a trip to Bitter Creek, Arizona, his father arranges that everything will look like it did in 1880, but to protect everyone from accident,...
- John Emerson, Billy Shay
- Douglas Fairbanks
1917. Directed by John Emerson. A rich 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 and civilized place now.
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- John Emerson
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A rich 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 and 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.