Wild and Woolly

Wild and Woolly

Infobox Film
name = Wild and Woolly


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director = John Emerson
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writer = Anita Loos
from a story by Horace B. Carpenter
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starring = Douglas Fairbanks
Eileen Percy
Walter Bytell
Sam De Grasse
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released = 24 June 1917
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country = USA
language = Silent films
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imdb_id = 0008775

"Wild and Woolly" is a 1917 silent film which tells the story of one man's personal odyssey from sophisticated Easterner to Western tough guy. It stars Douglas Fairbanks, Eileen Percy, Walter Bytell and Sam De Grasse.

The movie was adapted by Anita Loos from a story by Horace B. Carpenter. It was directed by John Emerson. It was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2002.
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1931 version

"Wild and Woolly" is also the title of a 1931 documentary about rodeos
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1937 version

The title "Wild and Woolly" was used again in a 1937 comedy western starring Jane Withers about a bank robbery during a town's anniversary party.
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1978 version

Finally, the title was misspelled in an unrelated 1978 comedy western TV movie, "Wild and Wooly".
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