A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Cowboy Kid
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4293 feet
Directed by Clyde Carruth

Cast: Rex Bell [Jim Barrett], Mary Jane Temple [Janet Grover], Brooks Benedict [Trig Morgan], Alice Belcher [Lilly Langton], Joseph De Grasse [John Grover], Syd Crossley [the sheriff], Billy Bletcher [the deputy sheriff]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation [Clyde Carruth Production]. / Scenario by James J. Tynan, from a screen story by Harry Sinclair Drago and Seton I. Miller. Wardrobe by Sam Benson. Assistant director, David Todd. Cinematography by Sol Halprin. Film editor, Milton Carruth. Intertitles written by Delos Sutherland. Presented by William Fox. / © 5 July 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP25418]. Released 15 July 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 14 October 2025.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.