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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Roped In
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Robert Goodman?
Cast: [?] Big Bill Goettinger? (William Steele) [Big Bill Clintock], Ben Cooper [the cowboy roper], [?] ? [Anne Hathaway], [?] ? [Miss Simpkins], [?] Francis Ford?
Méliès Star-Film [American] production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 11 January 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
[?] Comedy or Drama?: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Fair Anne, from the east, is accompanied by her eccentric and old maid aunt, Miss Simpkins, arriving at the Bar X Junction where the stagecoach suffers a breakdown. To employ the several hours necessary to make repairs the younger maid takes a horseback ride, when lo! Maid and horse are suddenly and unexpectedly divorced, the latter escaping. “Big Bill,” a chance witness to the maid’s discomfiture, whirls his lasso with determination and brings rebellious beast to time, whereupon there follows a romance in which “Auntie” is given the slip and the lasso ties a knot that no man is supposed to put asunder. // [From Méliès promotional materials] “Big Bill” Clintock, expert with the lariat, ropes the runaway horse of Anne Hathaway, proving himself a hero and winning that girl’s admiration. Her old maid aunt’s consent, however, is necessary to make a match, but is not forthcoming. In true Lochinvar fashion, Bill, with the aid of his trusty rope, fools auntie and succeeds in tieing the knot that no man is supposed to cut asunder.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 October 2023.
References: Thompson-Star p. 231 : ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.
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