Blinky
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Directed by	Edward Sedgwick
Written by	Edward Sedgwick
Based on	"Blinky" by Gene Markey
Starring	Hoot Gibson Esther Ralston
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	August 17, 1923 (1923-08-17)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Blinky is a 1923 American silent Western comedy film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Hoot Gibson and Esther Ralston.^[1]

Plot

Geoffrey "Blinky" Islip is forced to join the United States Cavalry by his father Colonel "Raw Meat" Islip. Although Islip is ridiculed and hazed on assignment to the Mexico–United States border, he uses his skills learned from Boy Scouts to rescue his commanding officer Major Kileen's daughter Mary Lou from kidnappers.^[2]

Cast

• Hoot Gibson as Geoffrey Arbuthnot Islip (Blinky)
• Esther Ralston as Mary Lou Kileen
• Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Islip
• DeWitt Jennings as Colonel "Raw Meat" Islip
• Elinor Field as Priscilla Islip
• D.R.O. Hatswell as Bertrand Van Dusen
• Charles K. French as Major Kileen
• John Judd as Husk Barton
• W. E. Lawrence as Lieutenant Rawkins (credited as William E. Lawrence)

Production

The film was shot at Universal City Studios and Imperial Beach, California. Real-life cavalrymen from Camp Hearne were used as extras. Sedgewick broke his leg during the production.^[2]

Preservation

With no prints of Blinky located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.