The Bronze Buckaroo

Object Details

Directed by: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
Created by: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
Subject of: Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014; Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969; Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969; Lucius Brooks, American, 1911 - 1999; Artie Young, American, 1915 - 1989; Murray's Dude Ranch, American, 1922 - 1960; Earle Morris, American, born 1897; Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971; Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969; Lee Calmes; The Four Tones, American

Description: A 16mm release print of a feature film entitled The Bronze Buckaroo. It consists of two reels of positive 16mm acetate film (a) and (b), is in black and white and contains sound. A single row of perforations runs along one edge of each film strip, while a variable-area optical-sound (audio on film) track runs along the other.; In the opening scene, four cowboys ride through a desert before stopping and having a drink. They then engage in a conversation about their missing friend Joe, before resuming their journey. In the next scene, a man sits on a wooden fence reading from a paper as the camera cuts to four animals that surround him: a barking dog, a cow, a donkey and a chicken. At one point the man reads, “To throw the voice for a greater distance, it is imperative that…” before the camera cuts back to the group of riding cowboys.; The film continues by chronicling the experiences the four cowboys encounter as they search for Joe. Upon their arrival to Joe’s ranch, the men are informed by Joe’s sister that Joe has been missing for weeks. They eventually realize that Joe’s neighbors are holding him hostage over a land dispute.

Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman

1939

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Type: sound films; black-and-white films (visual works); release prints (motion pictures); feature films; 16mm (photographic film size)

Medium: acetate film
Dimensions: Duration: 60 Minutes; Length (Film Reel 1): 1200 Feet; Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet

Place depicted: Arizona, United States, North and Central America
Place filmed: San Bernardino County, California, United States, North and Central America

See more items in: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification: Time-based Media - Moving Images

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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