Plot of the Classic Art Acord Loco Luck 1927
Loco Luck (1927) – Art Acord Loco Luck 1927 – is a 50-minute silent western starring real-life cowboy Art Acord (1890-1931) and a pre-King Kong Faye Wray. Acord was a real-life cowpoke who worked for the famed Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West show. It was with the 101 that he made friends with other cowboys of the early silver screen: Tom Mix, “Broncho Billy” Anderson, Hoot Gibson, Buck Jones and others. Acord starred in more than 100 shorts, serials and features from 1910 to 1929. He worked for studios including American, Fox, Universal, and Blue Streak Westerns before hard luck or hard times ended his career in Mexico at the age of 41. See Cowboys of the Old West
The plot for Loco Luck involves a lovesick ranch hand who must win an all-important horse race to save his girl and her ranch. Our hero himself is saved by his faithful horse, who breaks down a cabin door to free him. It all features what Acord did best: trick riding and roping. As an actor, Acord’s career began to fade as the talkies replaced the silent picture format in 1927. He fell on hard times, according to his obituary.
The obit, which ran in the Los Angeles Times on January 5, 1931, reads in part: “Art Acord was working as a miner in Mexico when he was found dead in a Chihuahua City hotel room. Although initial newspaper reports called the death a suicide and said he had taken poison — another said he was shot — a (newspaper report) on his death said the local coroner had determined the cause was acute alcoholism.
