Roped was a 1919 American Western-comedy film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost. Roped is one of at least 25 films in which director John Ford and actor Harry Carey collaborated on between the years of 1917 and 1921. Ford saw Carry as a mentor and their worked on the story ideas for several of their films together. During these collaborations, Carey made more per film then Ford. By 1919, the year Roped came out, Ford was making 300 dollars a week, Carey was making 1,250. This differential in pay led to tension between the two.
Director | John Ford |
Screenplay by | Eugene B. Lewis |
Story by | Eugene B. Lewis |
Starring | Harry Carey |
Cinematography | John W. Brown |
Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Released | January 13, 1919 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent with English intertitles |
About Roped
A rising rodeo star enters a conflict with a city bureaucrat after his traveling rodeo comes to town. The plot thickens when the bureaucrat's daughter falls head over heels for the cowboy.
Achievement of Roped
The movie was filmed in Petaluma, California.
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