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The Gentle Cyclone
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4825 feet
Directed by William S. Van Dyke (W.S. Van Dyke)

Cast: Buck Jones [Absolem Wales] Rose Blossom [June Prowitt], Will Walling [Marshall Sr.], Reed Howes [Marshall Jr.], Stanton Heck [Wilkes Sr.], Grant Withers [Wilkes Jr.], Kathleen Myers [Mary Wilkes], Jay Hunt [Judge Summerfield], Oliver Hardy [Sheriff Bill], Marion Harlan, Silver the horse

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Thomas Dixon Jr., from the short story “Peg Leg and the Kidnapper” by Frank R. Buckley. Assistant director, Mike Miggins. Cinematography by Chester Lyons and Reginald Lyons. Presented by William Fox. / © 20 June 1926 by Fox Film Corporation [LP22903]. Released 27 June 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 February 2011.

References: Rainey-Jones pp. 173-174; Sweeney-Coming p. 94 : Website-AFI.