The Red Girl

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The Red Girl
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Written byD. W. Griffith
Stanner E.V. Taylor
Produced by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company
Starring Florence Lawrence
Cinematography Arthur Marvin
Distributed byAmerican Mutoscope & Biograph
Release date
  • September 15, 1908 (1908-09-15)
Running time
17 minutes (one reel)
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

The Red Girl is a 1908 American black-and-white short silent Western film directed by D. W. Griffith for the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. It stars Florence Lawrence and the cast includes Charles Inslee, George Gebhardt, D. W. Griffith, Mack Sennett and Linda Arvidson. [1] [2]

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Plot

An Indian girl helps a Mexican woman who has stolen a bag of gold nuggets belonging to a girl miner. The Mexican woman seduces the Indian girl's husband and tortures her. She escapes and meets the posse looking for the thief. Her husband and the woman are escaping downstream in a canoe so the posse launch other canoes and give chase. A fight ensues with the canoes capsizing and the Mexican woman taken prisoner. The Indian girl's husband pleads with her to forgive him but she refuses and goes away with the girl miner.

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Others (not all confirmed)

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References

  1. "The Red Girl". Silent Era. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
  2. "The Red Girl". BFI. Archived from the original on July 20, 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2022.