The Wild Westerner (1928)
*** (out of 4)
A young woman named Remington (Ann Howe) arrives out West and soon meets the old man known as Wilbur (Val Harris). Soon after the brief introductions we get Wilbur's stories on romance and women while Remington does a dance. THE WILD WESTERNER is actually a pretty fun film from Vitaphone clocking it at just around 8-minutes. I think fans of the genre and especially fans of Vitaphone are going to enjoy watching this. I think what really works are the rather pre-code jokes and especially the ones where Val Harris talks about his wives as well as a funny burlesque joke. I really wouldn't say Val was a comic genius but I actually really enjoyed his performance here and thought he was very believable in the role of the old man. Ann, while not having the greatest singing voice, was at least charming and managed to have some nice chemistry.