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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Set Free
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4634 feet
Directed by Arthur Rosson

Cast: Art Acord [‘Side Show’ Saunders], Olive Hasbrouck [Holly Farrell], Claude Payton [Burke Tanner], Robert McKenzie [Sam Cole], Buddy the horse, Rex the dog

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Blue Streak Western]. / Scenario by Harrison Jacobs, from a screen story by Harrison Jacobs. Art direction by David S. Garber. Cinematography by Eddie Linden. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 15 January 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP23561]. Released 6 March 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 December 2023.

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