The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film)
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The Girl of the Golden West is a 1915 Western film
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
. It was originally a play by David Belasco, which he then turned into a novel. It became an opera by Giacomo Puccini in 1910. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress
film archive. A later version, with music by Sigmund Romberg, was a film with Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
. It was originally a play by David Belasco, which he then turned into a novel. It became an opera by Giacomo Puccini in 1910. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
film archive. A later version, with music by Sigmund Romberg, was a film with Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy.
Cast
- Mabel Van BurenMabel Van BurenMabel Van Buren was an American stage and screen actress from Chicago, Illinois. She had dark hair, brown eyes, and was five feet three inches tall. She enjoyed riding horses and swimming....
as The Girl - Theodore RobertsTheodore RobertsTheodore Roberts the actor is not to be confused with author Theodore Goodridge Roberts, 1877–1953, who wrote "The Harbor Master". Please see discussion page....
as Jack Rance - House Peters as Ramerrez
- Anita KingAnita KingAnita King was an American stunt driver, actress, and thoroughbred racehorse owner.-Early life:Born Anna Keppen to German immigrants in Michigan City, Indiana, her father committed suicide in 1896 when she was twelve years old and two years later her mother died of pulmonary tuberculosis...
as Wowkle - Sydney DeaneSydney DeaneSydney Leslie Deane was a first-class cricketer and entertainer, and the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood movie....
as Sidney Duck - William ElmerWilliam ElmerWilliam Elmer was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 88 films between 1913 and 1942.He was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Condemned...
as Ashby (as Billy Elmer) - Jeanie MacPhersonJeanie MacPhersonJeanie MacPherson was a silent film actress from 1908 to 1917 and a film screenwriter through the 1940s....
as Nina (as Jeane McPherson) - Raymond HattonRaymond HattonRaymond William Hatton was an American movie actor who appeared in almost five hundred movies, including a stint of being paired in 1920s comedies with Wallace Beery....
as Castro - Richard L'Estrange as Senor Slim (as Dick Le Strange)
- Tex Driscoll as Nick, The Bartender
- Artie OrtegoArtie OrtegoArtie Ortego was an American actor. He appeared in over 245 motion pictures between 1912 and 1955. Ortego portrayed cowboys, henchmen and American Indians in a large number of westerns and performed horse riding stunts...
as Antonio (as Arthur Ortego) - John Oretgo as Stagecoach Driver
- James Griswold as Guard
- Edwin Harley as Old Minstrel