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Bessie’s Ride
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by William F. Haddock

Cast: Edith Storey [Bessie Fields], Francis Ford [?] [John Burton]?, William Clifford [?] [Steve Ross, Bessie’s sweetheart]?, Henry Stanley [Bessie’s father], William A. Carroll [Crazy Joe], Billy the horse

Méliès Star-Film [American] production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. Cinematography by [?] William Paley? / Released 20 July 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Storey’s last film for Méliès.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - USA: Texas

Listing updated: 10 February 2014.

References: Thompson-Star pp. 57, 75, 209-210, 230 : ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.