Chimp the Cowboy - Cowboy Shorty
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16mm Film - Chimp the Cowboy - Cowboy Shorty - USA 1937
Directed by: Thomas Mead
Animal Trainer and Cinematographer: John A. Haeseler
Starring: Shorty the chimpanzee et al.
A mischievous chimp comedy featuring 'Shorty', a trained chimp donning various costumes playing multiple 'career' roles. In this western spoof, Shorty must fight off a group of bandits.
Shorty arrives at a western ranch and is told to round-up a gang of rustlers hiding in the hills. Saddling a burro, Shorty soon comes across the outlaws and rescues the stolen ranch payroll while the villains sleep.
This Castle film of 1948 is an edited digest version of the Paramount short film 'Cowboy Shorty' of 1937.
Directed by: Thomas Mead
Animal Trainer and Cinematographer: John A. Haeseler
Starring: Shorty the chimpanzee et al.
A mischievous chimp comedy featuring 'Shorty', a trained chimp donning various costumes playing multiple 'career' roles. In this western spoof, Shorty must fight off a group of bandits.
Shorty arrives at a western ranch and is told to round-up a gang of rustlers hiding in the hills. Saddling a burro, Shorty soon comes across the outlaws and rescues the stolen ranch payroll while the villains sleep.
This Castle film of 1948 is an edited digest version of the Paramount short film 'Cowboy Shorty' of 1937.
Sources
- YouTube channel: The Art of Film on 16mm · video ↗ — title, description, video
- 16mm Filmography editors — year, country
Record added 2026-06-12 21:02:52