The Cowboy and the Lady is a 1915 silent feature film directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by Metro Pictures. The film is based on Clyde Fitch's successful Broadway play that starred Maxine Elliott. Several versions of the story followed this film.[1][2][3]

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The Cowboy and the Lady
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Contemporary publicity photograph
Directed byEdwin Carewe
Written byClyde Fitch(play)
Based onThe Cowboy and the Lady
1899 play
by Clyde Fitch
Produced byB.A. Rolfe
StarringS. Miller Kent
Helen Case
Gertrude Short
Distributed byMetro Pictures
Release date
  • April 12, 1915 (1915-04-12)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
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Plot

A contemporary newspaper described the story as being about "the plains and the city".[4]

Cast

  • S. Miller Kent as Ted North
  • Helen Case as Margaret Primrose
  • Gertrude Short
  • Fred Hornby as (billed Fred W. Hornby)
  • Bert Hadley
  • William Ryno
  • Edith Stevens

Preservation

With no prints of The Cowboy and the Lady located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[5]

References

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