Two-Gun Betty

Two-Gun Betty
Two-Gun Betty
	Barriscale in Two-Gun Betty from a 1919 issue of Film Fun
Directed by	Howard C. Hickman
Written by	Jack Cunningham
Produced by	Robert Brunton
Starring	Bessie Barriscale
Cinematography	L. Guy Wilky
Distributed by	W. W. Hodkinson Corporation; Pathé Exchange
Release date	December 16, 1918;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles

Two-Gun Betty is a 1918 American comedy Western film directed by Howard C. Hickman and starring Bessie Barriscale. It was produced by Robert Brunton and distributed by Pathé Exchange.^[1]^[2]

Plot[edit]

Betty, a determined young woman, wants to be a cowboy. She discovers if she disguises herself as a man, she can work on a ranch. The other cowhands, however, discover her ruse and trick her into embarrassing situations.

Cast[edit]

Bessie Barriscale as Betty Craig
Lee Shumway as Jack Kennedy (credited as L. C. Shumway)
Katherine Van Buren as Ethel Roberts (credited as Catherine Van Buren)
Helen Hawley as Florence Kennedy
Laura Oakley as Miss Ambrose
Albert R. Cody as Mushy (credited as Albert Cody)
Richard Wayne as Irish Dave
William Ellingford as Billy Yeaman
C. M. Carlos as Carlos
George Routh as Miguel Carballo

Preservation[edit]

With no prints of Two-Gun Betty located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Two-Gun Betty". afi.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
^ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Press. p. 474.
^ "American Silent Feature Film Database: Two-Gun Betty". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

External links[edit]

Two-Gun Betty at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

[afi-1] "Two-Gun Betty". afi.com. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

[2] Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Press. p. 474.

[American_Silent_Feature_Film_Database-3] "American Silent Feature Film Database: Two-Gun Betty". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 26, 2024.

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