Rex the Devil Horse
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About Rex the Devil Horse
In Montana in 1874 a raid leaves only the boy Dave Carson and a colt, Rex. Two men torment the colt; he gets away and grows into a stallion that tramples riders, nicknamed the Devil Horse. Grown, Dave (Yakima Canutt) scouts for Major Morrow (Roy Clements) and meets the major's daughter Marion (Gladys McConnell) at a creek. Prowling Wolf (Bob Kortman) kidnaps Dave, fails to take Marion, then later succeeds. Rex, who remembers Dave, frees him, and the three of them get Marion back. The next day's attack on the fort runs short of ammunition. Dave and Rex reach a wagon train for more. Prowling Wolf knocks Morrow down; Rex tramples him. Dave, Rex, and the wagons get back as the fort is about to be overrun.
Cast & crew
More about Rex the Devil Horse
Fred Jackman directed this six-reel Western, released as The Devil Horse, for Hal Roach. Pathé Exchange distributed it on 12 September 1926. Floyd Jackman was the cameraman. Fred Jackson plays Dave as a boy.
Themes
Making
Roach billed the horse as the star attraction. Jackman, who had been a cameraman, staged the fort attack and the ride to the ammunition wagons around Rex rather than around a gunfighter.
Reviews
Motion Picture Classic (July 1926) described Rex as almost useless under saddle: he stood still or tried to scrape the rider off, and named Yakima Canutt as one of the few men who had been on him.
Look
Floyd Jackman photographed the six reels.
Preservation
The film survives.
Notes
- The stallion Rex was a Morgan registered as Casey Jones, foaled in Texas about 1915.
- A fight between Rex and a paint horse named Marquis was shot for this film and later reused as stock, including in the 1937 serial The Painted Stallion.
- Canutt, a rodeo champion, plays the adult scout and does the riding.
- Gladys McConnell's character is Marion, daughter of Major Morrow.
Scenes
- Rex, grown, remembers the boy and frees the captured scout.
- The stallion tramples Prowling Wolf after the major is knocked down.
- Dave and Rex bring the ammunition wagons in as the attackers reach the fort.
