The Girl of the Golden West (1915 film)

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The Girl of the Golden West is a surviving 1915 American Western silent black-and-white film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1905 play The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco. Prints of the film survive in the Library of Congress film archive. It was the first of four film adaptations that have been made of the play.

Plot

A hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from catching him and sending him to prison.

Cast

Fanciulla del West film poster by Spellani.jpg

Preservation status

Prints survive at George Eastman Museum, the Library of Congress, Cineteca del Friuli (Gemona), Academy Film Archive (Beverly Hills).

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