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The Mississippi Gambler (1929) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Reginald Barker .

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THE MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER On Blu-ray From Kino

By Dan Day, Jr. on Apr 29, 2023 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

THE MISSISSIPPI GAMBLER is a 1953 period tale from Universal, starring Tyrone Power. It's a film that is usually included alongside the many Westerns made by Universal in the 1950s, although personally I don't think it belongs in that genre. Tyrone Power plays the dashing Mark Fallon, an expert gamb... Read full article


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Joseph Schildkraut was (improbably) cast as a Southern gambler in this film to capitalize on his equally improbable casting as Gaylord Ravenal in the part-talkie version of Show Boat. Actor Otis Harlan, who portrayed Captain Andy in the 1929 "Show Boat", was reunited with Schildkraut for this film.
The picture portion of the sound version survives in 16mm. The soundtrack discs are evidently lost.
A print of the silent version of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
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