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Maiden and Men
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: Pauline Bush [the maiden], Jack Richardson [the ranch heavy], J. Warren Kerrigan [the disappointed suitor], Louise Lester [the ranch boss], George Periolat [the father]
American Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Film Supply Company of America [Flying A]. / Released 4 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Santa Barbara, California, on 12 October 1912.
Comedy: Western.
Synopsis: [From The Dramatic Mirror] This girl (a frowzy backwoods maiden who pines for the romance of the world), who has never known what it means to have the association of men, has derived all her romantic ideas from one lone novel, read when her father was away. She blossoms into womanhood and the call for companionship becomes insistent. One evening she slips away and travels to a distant ranch, to find employment as a maid-of-all-work, and it is here that she first experiences men. it is not as she thought and hoped it would be. They are rough, brutal and selfish. It is a rude awakening, and when the old lady, her employer, tells her to go back where she came from she accepts her advice, glad to get away from it all and live alone with her father.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute film collection) [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 November 2022.
References: Leyda-Before pp. 44, 83, 155 : Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Andrew Van Gorp.
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