<I>The Bronze Buckaroo</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Directed by
content: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
label: Created by
content: Richard C. Kahn, American, 1897 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Herb Jeffries, American, 1913 - 2014
label: Subject of
content: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
label: Subject of
content: Clarence Brooks, American, 1896 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Lucius Brooks, American, 1911 - 1999
label: Subject of
content: Artie Young, American, 1915 - 1989
label: Subject of
content: Murray's Dude Ranch, American, 1922 - 1960
label: Subject of
content: Earle Morris, American, born 1897
label: Subject of
content: Flournoy Miller, American, 1885 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Spencer Williams, American, 1893-1969
label: Subject of
content: Lee Calmes
label: Subject of
content: The Four Tones, American
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Arizona, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: San Bernardino County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Race films
label: Topic
content: Western films
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Randall and Sam Nieman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.167.4.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: release prints (motion pictures)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 60 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 1): 1200 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film Reel 2): 900 Feet