The Kid from Texas (1939 film)

The Kid from Texas
Directed by	S. Sylvan Simon
Produced by	Edgar Selwyn
Screenplay by	Florence Ryerson; Edgar Allan Woolf; Albert Mannheimer
Story by	Milton Merlin; Byron Morgan
Starring	Dennis O'Keefe; Florence Rice; Anthony Allan; Jessie Ralph; Buddy Ebsen
Music by	William Axt
Cinematography	Sidney Wagner
Edited by	Fredrick Y. Smith
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	April 14, 1939
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Kid from Texas is a 1939 Western sports comedy film.[1]

Plot

Margo Thomas, a lady of New York high society, travels to Texas with her brother to buy a new polo pony. When they choose cocky cowboy William Quincy's favorite horse, he asks to accompany them on the trip back East, and when easy-going ranch hand Snifty is chosen instead, William goes along anyway.

William's happy that Margo's rich aunt Minetta takes a shine to him and he develops a romantic attraction to Margo, who resents his arrogance and presence on the Long Island estate so much at first that she asks polo players to pick a fight with him. Trying to learn her favorite sport, William leaves the estate in shame after being thrown from a horse during a polo match.

He still loves the game, so he and Snifty begin a series of Wild West polo matches in the city, "cowboys against Indians," that become popular. William makes the acquaintance of Okay Kinney, a young rider who falls for him. Margo's brother's team ends up playing his, and after impressing her with his skill, William deliberately loses the match, just to please her.

Cast

Dennis O'Keefe as William "Wild Bill" Malone

Dennis O'Keefe as William "Wild Bill" Malone
Florence Rice as Margo Thomas
Buddy Ebsen as Snifty
Jack Carson as Stanley Brown
Virginia Dale as "Okay" Kinney
Jessie Ralph as Aunt Minutia Thomas

Production

Australian sports star Snowy Baker trained actor Dennis O'Keefe to play polo for the film.[2][3]

gollark: I should probably deal with a fix for some hypothetical potatOS potatobugs.

gollark: APIOID!

gollark: It's "harbinger", not "harbringer".

gollark: Nonsense. I am, in all cases, correct. Also, this syscall bad.

gollark: That is also not particularly good?

References

"Stage, Film Bill Offered" Kingsley, Grace. Los Angeles Times 25 May 1939: A9.
"Polo Ponies Know". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 May 1939. p. 3 Supplement: THE MAIL Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
"ENTERTAINMENTS WINTERGARDEN THEATRE". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 26 June 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

External links

The Kid from Texas on IMDb
The Kid from Texas at TCMDB

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[1] "Stage, Film Bill Offered" Kingsley, Grace. Los Angeles Times 25 May 1939: A9.

[2] "Polo Ponies Know". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 May 1939. p. 3 Supplement: THE MAIL Magazine. Retrieved 25 August 2013.

[3] "ENTERTAINMENTS WINTERGARDEN THEATRE". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 26 June 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 25 August 2013.