The Round-Up
Brief Synopsis
An overweight sheriff helps a young man falsely accused of theft.
Cast & Crew
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George H. Melford
Director
Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle
Slim Hoover
Mabel Julienne Scott
Echo Allen
Irving Cummings
Dick Lane
Jean Acker
Polly Hope
Edward Sutherland
Bud Lane
Film Details
Genre
Short
Adaptation
Western
Release Date
Oct
10,
1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A George Melford Production
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Special
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Round Up by Edmund Day (New York, 26 Aug 1907).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 9m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,417ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
When engineer Dick Lane fails to return from Arizona, his fiancée Echo Allen assumes that he is dead and agrees to marry Jack Payson. On the night of the ceremony, Dick returns, and Jack sends him away after collecting the three thousand dollars owed to him by the young engineer. Meanwhile, outlaw Buck McKee has robbed the express office and sees Jack's windfall as an opportunity to throw suspicion upon the bridegroom. In order to clear himself, Jack confesses Dick's return to Echo and then rides off into the desert after him. As he overtakes Dick, the two are attacked by Indians, and Dick is mortally wounded. Slim Hoover, the sheriff, comes to the rescue, and the U.S. Cavalry arrives in time to hear Dick's dying confession, which exonerates Jack from all accusations. He then returns home to his wife, who finds it in her heart to forgive him.
Director
George H. Melford
Director
Cast
Roscoe "fatty" Arbuckle
Slim Hoover
Mabel Julienne Scott
Echo Allen
Irving Cummings
Dick Lane
Jean Acker
Polly Hope
Edward Sutherland
Bud Lane
Wallace Beery
Buck McKee
Guy Oliver
Uncle Jim
Jane Wolfe
Josephine
Lucien Littlefield
Parenthesis
Fred Huntley
Sagebrush Charlie
George Kuwa
Chinese boy
Film Details
Genre
Short
Adaptation
Western
Release Date
Oct
10,
1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; A George Melford Production
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount-Artcraft Special
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Round Up by Edmund Day (New York, 26 Aug 1907).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 9m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,417ft
(7 reels)
Articles
The Round-Up
In this silent film, an overweight sheriff helps a young man falsely accused of theft.
The Round-Up
In this silent film, an overweight sheriff helps a young man falsely accused of theft.
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This was Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's first feature film. Some exterior scenes were shot in the Sierra Mountains in California. Lon Megargee, who painted the art titles, was known as the "cowboy artist." According to modern sources, Buster Keaton played an Indian in this film. In 1941, Paramount produced a remake of The Round-Up, directed by Lesley Selander and starring Richard Dix and Patricia Morison.
