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A Gambler of the West

A Gambler of the West

1910Short
ShortWestern

The story opens showing Frank Halsted, proprietor of the "Three-Star Gambling Palace," opening up his place for business. In the west, overflowing with the riff-raff of restless humanity, Halsted fits his role, that of the philoso...

Director
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Writers
N/A
Stars
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Clara Williams, Franklyn Hall
Release Date
December 31, 1910
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
as Halsted
Clara Williams
Clara Williams
as Alice Thomas
Franklyn Hall
Franklyn Hall
as Albert Thomas - Alice's Father
Arthur Mackley
Arthur Mackley
Brinsley Shaw
Brinsley Shaw

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Colorado, USA
Production
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

🏷️ Keywords

directed by star

🎯 Categories

ShortWestern

⭐ Featured Review

A Western picture quite out of the ordinary
by deickemeyer2015-10-20

"A live Western story, which will interest chiefly by its faithful reproduction of a typical Western gambling den. Indeed, it would be difficult to suggest anything seen in one of those dens which has been omitted. The story is of an old man and his daughter, he so addicted to gambling that they are penniless. Because of her beauty and her pleadings the gambler gives back the money the old man has lost and thenceforth refuses to allow him to play in his place. Later he assists in preventing the old man from gambling elsewhere. Through the influence of the girl the gambler reforms and a wedding ..."

📖 Synopsis

The story opens showing Frank Halsted, proprietor of the "Three-Star Gambling Palace," opening up his place for business. In the west, overflowing with the riff-raff of restless humanity, Halsted fits his role, that of the philoso...