The Cowboy and the Lady


1915

Film Details

Release Date
Apr 12, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Cowboy and the Lady by Clyde Fitch (New York, 25 Dec 1899).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Margaret Primrose is not permitted to see Ted North, who loves her, by her father, whom Ted's father ruined. To spite Ted, Primrose forces Margaret to marry Weston, a dissolute young millionaire, and Ted, heartbroken, goes West. Weston neglects Margaret and continues drinking. Seven years later, the Westons move West on the advice of his doctor to improve his health. Ted, meanwhile, has adopted the small daughter of a cattle rustler who was lynched by Ted's cowboys. When he spots a runaway horse and lassoes its rider, Margaret, they embrace, but realizing the impropriety, they bid each other goodbye. Weston resumes drinking and takes an interest in Molly, the proprietress of a dance hall. When Molly's sweetheart, "Quick Foot Jim" learns that Molly and Weston are planning to elope, he kills Weston. After Ted is convicted of the murder, based on circumstantial evidence, Jim abducts Molly. When Margaret learns the truth, a posse is organized to find Jim. [No information has been located concerning the film's ending.]

Film Details

Release Date
Apr 12, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Rolfe Photoplays, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Cowboy and the Lady by Clyde Fitch (New York, 25 Dec 1899).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Trivia

Notes

S. Miller Kent starred in a production of the play. Some scenes in the film were shot at Mojave, CA on the edge of the Mojave desert. No reviews were located for this film.