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Red Girl’s Romance
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 990 feet
Directed by Fred J. Balshofer
Cast: Red Wing
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by New York Motion Picture Company [Bison]. / Released 7 January 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Marna is seen dancing with Petro when they are unceremoniously separated by Jacques, who suffers for his discourtesy by a blow from Petro, who leaves the dance hall. Jacques, after reviving, goes after him, accompanied by Marna. When Petro comes along a rough path, Jacques fires from behind a shelter and wounds Petro. Jacques joins Marna and they jointly exult over his victory. An Indian girl comes to Petro’s aid and leads him to a lake where she tends to his wound and gives him drink. She then rides off and comes to a western inn, where Jacques and Marna are, who recognize Petro’s horse and go in the direction the red girl came. They lie in waiting and when they see the girl riding carefully over the rocks, they follow after her. She reaches Petro and succeeds in reviving him, when Jacques comes upon the red girl and carries her off. After binding her and leaving her suspended from a tree, over a sheet of water, he returns to abuse Petro. The red girl struggles until she frees herself and cautiously returns to the spot where she was taken from, gets a revolver belonging to Jacques, and with Petro’s assistance they bind Jacques and Marna, putting them on either side of a tree. The red girl and Petro leave the unhappy pair and go to a more beautiful spot where they plight their troth. We leave Jacques and Marna provoked with each other and all else.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 22 January 1910, page ?] A slashing Western story, possessing all the imagined elements which make the West a land of romance and poetic misconceptions. Here are presented a love story, considerable gun play, with huge clouds of smoke; the capture of one party, the escape and capture of another, with different individuals tied to different trees in different ways, and the whole ends with some demonstrative love making between an Indian girl and her white admirer. There is plenty of action, interesting scenery, and withal a series of scenes which are alike thrilling and interesting. It is a good addition to a program.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 April 2024.
References: MovPicWorld-19100108 p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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