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A Child of the Purple Sage

A Child of the Purple Sage

1912Short
ShortWestern

Bart Darrow, a young cowboy, is engaged to pretty Betty King and has put the engagement ring on her finger. Betty promises to always be true and Bart departs joyfully. In the town saloon he sets up the drinks in honor of the occas...

Director
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Writers
N/A
Stars
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Audrey Hanna
Release Date
June 8, 1912
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson
as Bart Darrow
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Audrey Hanna
as The Child

🎬 Technical Specs

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

🏷️ Keywords

directed by star

🎯 Categories

ShortWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Not so strong as the preceding Broncho Billy picture
by deickemeyer2016-11-27

"A Broncho Billy picture in which the bad man is again converted, this time by the "Child of the purple sage." Broncho had once loved her mother, but despite all his promises, he would drink. She gave him back his ring and married another. Years pass; a widow, she is bringing her little girl back to her people in a prairie schooner when she, too, dies. Broncho finds the little girl, alone in the desert with the dead mother. He is astonished to discover who the woman is, or was, and takes the orphan under his wing. It is a well handled, clear picture and gets over into our sympathies, ..."

📖 Synopsis

Bart Darrow, a young cowboy, is engaged to pretty Betty King and has put the engagement ring on her finger. Betty promises to always be true and Bart departs joyfully. In the town saloon he sets up the drinks in honor of the occas...