A Universal Jewel Production. The studio, not owning a theater chain, utilized a 3-tiered brand system to sell its product: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige releases designed to command higher roadshow ticket prices). Hoot Gibson was a major studio star into the early talkies and his pictures, although westerns, were considered special productions. This branding system would fade away in late 1929.
The Winged Horseman is a lost 1929 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and Arthur Rosson and starring Hoot Gibson and aviator Ruth Elder. It was produced and released by Universal Pictures.
A stunt woman, Leta Belle Wichart, died when her parachute failed to open during a scene standing in for Ruth Elder.