A Texas Steer is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Will Rogers. It was a cinematic adaptation from an eponymous play by Charles H. Hoyt.
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Plot summary
Maverick Brander, a newly elected Congressman from the fictional town of Red Dog, Texas, moves to Washington, D.C. to serve in the United States House of Representatives. He supports the Eagle Rock Dam bill. Meanwhile, he flirts with a woman.
Cast
Will Rogers as Maverick Brander
Louise Fazenda as Mrs. Ma Brander
Sam Hardy as Brassy Gall
Ann Rork as Bossy Brander
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Farleigh Bright
Lilyan Tashman as Dixie Style
George F. Marion as Fishback
Bud Jamison as Othello (as Bud Jamieson)
Arthur Hoyt as Knott Innitt
Mack Swain as Bragg
William Orlamond as Blow
Lucien Littlefield as Yell
Critical reception
The film was reviewed in The New York Times by film critic Mordaunt Hall in 1928. He noted, "There are passages in this film that are rowdy, but there are also a good many witty episodes."
Preservation
With no copies of A Texas Steer located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.