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The Iron Mule
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Grover Jones [Roscoe Arbuckle]

Cast: Al St. John [the engineer], Doris Deane, George Davis, Glen Cavender, Buster Keaton [the kidnapping Indian chief]

Reel Comedies, Incorporated, production; distributed by Educational Film Exchanges, Incorporated [Tuxedo Comedies]. / Presented by E.W. Hammons. / © 4 May 1925 by Reel Comedies, Incorporated. Released 12 April 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Roscoe Arbuckle is likely to have been the director and scenario writer of this film, while Jones received screen credit for direction. A semi-parody of John Ford’s feature The Iron Horse (1924).

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm positive]; and in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates [16mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Native Americans - Parodies - Railroads

Listing updated: 15 December 2012.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Brownlow-Parade p. 357; Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 273; Lahue-Collecting p. 46.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.