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Kindled Courage
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4418 feet
Directed by William Worthington
Cast: Edward Gibson (Hoot Gibson) [Andy Walker], Beatrice Burnham [Betty Paxton], Harold Goodwin [Hugh Paxton], Harry Tenbrook [Sid Garrett], James Gordon Russell [the sheriff], J. Russell Powell [the marshal], Albert Hart [Overland Pete]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Raymond L. Schrock, from a screen story by Leete Renick Brown. Cinematography by Virgil Miller. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 22 December 1922 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP18532]. Released 8 January 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 10 February 1923, page 576] Andy Walker, bullied and taunted with being a coward, leaves town on a freight. The brakeman shoots two ruffians, but Andy is hailed as the hero and made a deputy sheriff. He is sent to capture Overland Pete and his gang. Scared, but game, he starts out and accidentally brought face to face with them, wins out and makes good. He also wins the love of the sister of one of the crooks, returns home with his bride, and whips the bully who taunted him as being yellow.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 June 2013.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 43; Sherwood-Best p. 173 : Website-AFI.
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