The Cowboy and the Lady (1915 film)

The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1915 silent feature film directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by Metro Pictures. The film is based on Clyde Fitch's successful Broadway play that starred Maxine Elliott. Several versions of the story followed this film.[1][2][3]

The Cowboy and the Lady
Contemporary publicity photograph
Directed byEdwin Carewe
Written byClyde Fitch(play)
Based onThe Cowboy and the Lady
1899 play
by Clyde Fitch
Produced byB.A. Rolfe
StarringS. Miller Kent
Helen Case
Gertrude Short
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • April 12, 1915 (1915-04-12)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot edit

A contemporary newspaper described the story as being about "the plains and the city".[4]

Cast edit

  • S. Miller Kent as Ted North
  • Helen Case as Margaret Primrose
  • Gertrude Short
  • Fred Hornby as (billed Fred W. Hornby)
  • Bert Hadley
  • William Ryno
  • Edith Stevens

Preservation edit

With no prints of The Cowboy and the Lady located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
  2. ^ The Cowboy and the Lady at silentera.com
  3. ^ Broadway production of The Cowboy and the Lady at the Knickerbocker Theatre, December 25, 1899 to January 1900; IBDb.com
  4. ^ Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.), 13 June 1915. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020558/1915-06-13/ed-1/seq-17/
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Cowboy and the Lady

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