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The Cowboys and the Bachelor Girls
Also known as {The Cowboys and the Bachelor}
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 950 feet
Directed by William F. Haddock
Cast: Edith Storey [Nora], Francis Ford [a cowboy]
G. Méliès production; distributed [?] on State Rights basis? by G. Méliès. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. Cinematography by William Paley. / Released 24 November 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Nora, who is the president of the Bachelor’s Club, receives a letter announcing the death of her uncle in the west and that he has made her heir to his immense fortune. Including a ranch at Grey Oaks. Nora decides to go west and take charge of the ranch and run it herself a la suffragette fashion. She invites all the girls to go with her and they start for their new home. Arriving at Grey Oaks they pay no attention to the cowboys who greet them at the station but go at once in the old stage-coach to the ranch. The cowboys follow, approach the ranch, offer their services and are rewarded by being driven from the premises. The boys make up their minds to “get next” to the girls and devise a scheme. Two of the girls on their way to town are attacked by some of the cowboys and two of the bunch rescue the girls from the “desperadoes,” the trick works and the two fellows gallantly escort the girls on their way. Two more of the girls no fishing, one of the boys fixes up like a bear, attacks the girls, who are saved from “instant death” by the cowboys. The girls are deeply grateful and reward the boys by allowing them to escort them back to the ranch. Nora is the only one left. She is indignant to think the girls have forgotten all the rules and by-laws of the club by paying attention to men. She starts on a wild ride to town, declaring she will have none of it. We watch her riding a rough and unfrequented road where we see a “Mexican greaser” lurking. He hears Nora approaching, jumps on his horse and rides to meet her. She eludes him but he follows as she urges her horse at a mad pace, he goads his animal in the chase until he comes alongside Nora and snatches her bodily from the sadly. She struggles, they both fall to the ground and she fights with the Mexican for her life. The remaining one of the cowboys coming that way hears her screams and with a lash and a plunge he hurries to Nora’s assistance. He flings the ruffian aside, but before he can pull his gun the villain attacks him with a knife which the cowboy succeeds in wrenching from his hand. This places the greaser at his mercy which be shows by allowing him to escape without further ceremony. It is right here where the leader of the bachelor girls denounces her allegiance to the club’s principles and falls into the arms and gives her heart into the keeping of the leader of the cowboys who so valiantly saved her life. The hero and Nora go to the ranch where they are met by the rest of the girls and boys with a laugh, a shout and a hurrah.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Cowboys - Mexicans
Listing updated: 27 May 2024.
References: Thompson-Star pp. 143-145, 229 : ClasIm-226 p. 54 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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