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A Plucky American Girl
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 950 feet
Directed by [?] Gaston Méliès and/or William F. Haddock?
Cast: Edith Storey [Mary Ann], Francis Ford
Méliès Star-Film [American] production; distributed by Méliès Star-Film [American]. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. Cinematography by William Paley. / Released 29 September 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 15 October 1910, page ?] Here is a thrilling railroad story, exhibiting one of those plain American girls as a heroine in a very unexpected manner. Desperadoes attempt to wreck an express, tearing up the rails to do so; but they are foiled and captured because this same plain girl develops such an unexpected sample of grit and gumption, two important features of an individual's make up. The girl's ride on the hand car to another station, breaking the window and sending the message along the wires to a station where the express can be signaled is one of the most thrilling scenes Melies has yet produced. And when it is all over and the dastardly scheme, frustrated by the nerve of a girl, comes to naught, vigorous applause is certain. Photographically the film could scarcely be improved.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: USA: Texas
Listing updated: 6 August 2023.
References: Thompson-Star pp. 129-130, 229 : ClasIm-226 p. 54 : Website-AFI.
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