The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg | |
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Directed by | Sidney Olcott |
Written by | Gene Gauntier |
Produced by | Sidney Olcott |
Starring | Gene Gauntier JP McGowan Robert Vignola |
Cinematography | George K. Hollister |
Production company | |
Distributed by | General Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 935 ft[clarification needed] |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film (English intertitles) |
The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg is an American silent film produced by Kalem Company and directed by Sidney Olcott with Gene Gauntier, Robert Vignola and JP McGowan.[1][2][3] A copy of this film is held at the EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.[3]
Cast[]
- Gene Gauntier as Nan, the Girl Spy
- Robert Vignola
- JP McGowan
- Jack J. Clark
Plot[]
"In the absence of men, a Civil War commander asks his daughter (The Girl Spy) to sabotage a gunpowder transport. The girl disguises herself as a soldier and completes her task. After a dangerous escape, she returns to her crying mother."[4]
Production notes[]
The film was shot in Jacksonville, Florida. The film was written by Gauntier.[4]
References[]
- ^ Wesley Alan Britton (2006). Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 34–5. ISBN 978-0-275-99281-1.
- ^ Denise Lowe (27 January 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1932–5. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3.
- ^ a b Laura Horak (26 February 2016). Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934. Rutgers University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8135-7484-4.
- ^ a b "The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg [ID FLM24827]". EYE Filmmuseum Collection Catalogue [online database] (in Dutch). Retrieved January 21, 2021.
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External links[]
- The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg at IMDb
- (in French) The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg website dedicated to Sidney Olcott
- Film at YouTube
Categories:
- 1910 films
- American films
- American war drama films
- American silent short films
- Films set in Florida
- Films shot in Jacksonville, Florida
- Films directed by Sidney Olcott
- 1910 short films
- 1910s war drama films
- American black-and-white films
- 1910 drama films
- 1910s short drama film stubs