''The Girl and the Outlaw'' is a 1908 American silent short

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film directed by

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for American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. It starred

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as the outlaw but other members of the cast are largely unconfirmed.

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and

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made early appearances.

Plot

A girl called Nellie falls for Preston, a notorious outlaw who leads a band of Native American renegades. Preston treats her badly and leaves her for dead but she is rescued by a mountain woman whom she had befriended. They escape together, sharing a horse, but Nellie is mortally wounded. As Preston tries to overtake them, the mountain woman stabs him in the chest and he is killed. The renegades stop and then ride away. Nellie dies soon after reaching her father's cabin.

Cast

as Bill Preston, the outlaw * Gene Gauntier as Nellie Carson (unconfirmed) *

Harry Solter Henry Lewis "Harry" Solter (November 19, 1873 – March 2, 1920) was an American silent film actor, screenwriter and director. Career Solter began his career as an actor in 1908 with Biograph Studios. That same year he met actress Florenc ...

as Nellie's father

Others (unconfirmed)

George Gebhardt George Gebhardt (September 21, 1879 – May 2, 1919) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1908 and 1922. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and died in Edendale, Los Angeles from tuberculosis. Selecte ...

Arthur V. Johnson Arthur Vaughan Johnson (February 2, 1876 – January 17, 1916) was a pioneer actor and director of the early American silent film era. Career Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Rev. Myron A. Johnson, Arthur Vaughan Johnson left college at 19 ...

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References

External links

* 1908 films 1908 Western (genre) films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by D. W. Griffith Silent American Western (genre) films 1900s American films {{short-silent-film-stub