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The Dude Cowboy
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Pat Hartigan
Cast: Edward Coxen [Dick, the dude cowboy], Ruth Roland [Rose, Dick’s sweetheart]
Kalem Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 5 January 1912; in a split-reel with The O’Kalems’ Visit to Killarney (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Rose seemed to think that the boys about the ranch did not possess “class” enough to win her hand. In fact, she told the faithful Dick that her future husband must be a man from the city. When Dick met the boys and informed them of his sweetheart’s declaration they proposed a scheme whereby woman the haughty young might he humbled. As a result Dick secured a complete disguise and attired himself as a typical tenderfoot, with all the mannerisms of a foppish dude. A letter was sent to Rose’s father, who was in on the scheme, stating that an old friend was sending his son to visit the ranch. When the dude arrived. Rose was delighted and would scarcely speak to the other boys. Following out their plans, the ranchmen, masking themselves, held up Rose and the dude while they were enjoying a ride through the country and the young man incontinently fled. Hastily doffing his disguise, Dick returned to the frightened girl, brandishing his revolver and announcing that he had driven away the robbers (?) while her cowardly lover had fled. Rose thereupon decided that the real man had to be of the west and that her ideal was a person who answered Dick’s description.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Cowboys
Listing updated: 3 June 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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