A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Hard Fists
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by William Wyler

Cast: Art Acord [Art Alvord], Louise Lorraine [Betty Barnes], Lee Holmes (Gilbert Holmes) [Jed Leach], Albert J. Smith [Charles Crane], Les Bates

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A Blue Streak Western]. / Scenario by William Lester (William Berke) and George H. Plympton, from an adaptation by William Lester (William Berke) and George H. Plympton of the short story “The Grappler” by Charles A. Logue. Art direction by David S. Garber. Cinematograph by Edwin Linden (Edward Linden). Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Released 24 April 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 February 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 57; Katchmer-Eighty p. 7; McCaffrey-Guide p. 18; Weaver-Twenty p. 27 : Website-IMDb.