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Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor

Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor

1911Short
ShortWestern

Joe Davis, the sheriff, loves and is loved by Alice Craig. Billy Craig, her brother and the town loafer, is induced to join "Dorley's" gang, and they hold up and rob the Eagle City Bank. The sheriff leads his posse in pursuit of t...

Director
N/A
Writers
Joseph A. Golden, Tom Mix
Stars
Tom Mix, Myrtle Stedman, Thomas Carrigan
Release Date
October 24, 1911
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Tom Mix
Tom Mix
as Joe Davis, the Sheriff
Myrtle Stedman
Myrtle Stedman
as Alice Craig
Thomas Carrigan
Thomas Carrigan
as Billy Craig
Otis Thayer
Otis Thayer
as Levi Cohen
William Duncan
William Duncan
as Dorley
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George Hooker
as Mex
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Olive Mix
as Shorty
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George Allaine
as Benistein, a Bank Clerk
Goldie Colwell
Goldie Colwell
Leo D. Maloney
Leo D. Maloney

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Selig Polyscope Company

🏷️ Keywords

sheriff

🎯 Categories

ShortWestern

⭐ Featured Review

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar, is a smoke
by deickemeyer2016-05-11

"The sheriff in his struggle between love and his duty chose duty; that was why he is still a bachelor. Or we might put it this way. Fate made the sheriff fall in love with a girl whose brother was a bad egg; the sheriff was called upon to take bad brother up, and afterward sister walked right past the sheriff as though he was only a chair. She left him to give his shield another polishing. Anyway, the sheriff got a reward. Rosenberg, the bank owner, for whom he got the stolen money back, gave him a good cigar. And according to Kipling, a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar, is a smoke. It ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Debut of actress Goldie Colwell.

📖 Synopsis

Joe Davis, the sheriff, loves and is loved by Alice Craig. Billy Craig, her brother and the town loafer, is induced to join "Dorley's" gang, and they hold up and rob the Eagle City Bank. The sheriff leads his posse in pursuit of t...