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.
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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
Mabel Van Buren as The Girl
Theodore Roberts as Jack Rance
House Peters Sr. as Ramerrez
Anita King as Wowkle
Sydney Deane as Sidney Duck
William Elmer as Ashby (credited as Billy Elmer)
Jeanie MacPherson as Nina (credited as Jeane McPherson)
Raymond Hatton as Castro
Richard L'Estrange as Senor Slim (credited as Dick Le Strange)
Tex Driscoll as Nick, The Bartender
Artie Ortego as Antonio (credited as Arthur Ortego)
John Ortego as Stagecoach Driver
James Griswold as Guard
Edwin Harley as Old Minstrel
Preservation status
Prints survive at George Eastman Museum, the Library of Congress, Cineteca del Friuli (Gemona), Academy Film Archive (Beverly Hills).