A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Yellow Back
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4766 feet
Directed by Del Andrews

Cast: Fred Humes [Andy Hubbard], Lotus Thompson [Anne Pendleton], Claude Payton [Bruce Condon], Buck Connors [John Pendleton], Willie Fung [a Chinese man]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Blue Streak Western]. / Scenario by Del Andrews. Cinematography by Al Jones (Alan Jones). Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 26 June 1926 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP22853]. Released 3 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Humes’ first feature film as star.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 June 2023.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 53 : ClasIm-240 p. 20 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.