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The Operator at Big Sandy

  • 1915
  • 20m
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DramaShort

Nell Oakley lives in Red Rock, Ariz., and has a dissipated father. She goes in search of him in a gambling hall and tries to get him to return. The old man, being drunk and gambling with Jac... Read allNell Oakley lives in Red Rock, Ariz., and has a dissipated father. She goes in search of him in a gambling hall and tries to get him to return. The old man, being drunk and gambling with Jack Ransom, refuses. He loses and bets his daughter's hand against $500 of Ransom's money. T... Read allNell Oakley lives in Red Rock, Ariz., and has a dissipated father. She goes in search of him in a gambling hall and tries to get him to return. The old man, being drunk and gambling with Jack Ransom, refuses. He loses and bets his daughter's hand against $500 of Ransom's money. The old man loses and in the argument which the girl puts up she is backed by Bill Palmer, ... Read all

  • Director
    • Tom Chatterton
  • Stars
    • Rhea Mitchell
    • Tom Chatterton
    • Edward Brennan
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      • Tom Chatterton
    • Stars
      • Rhea Mitchell
      • Tom Chatterton
      • Edward Brennan
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    Rhea Mitchell
    Rhea Mitchell
    • Nell Oakley
    Tom Chatterton
    Tom Chatterton
    • Tom Loomis
    • (as Thomas Chatterton)
    Edward Brennan
    Edward Brennan
    • Jack Ransom
    J. Barney Sherry
    J. Barney Sherry
    • Oakley - Nell's Father
    Fanny Midgley
    • Mrs. Loomis
    Bob Kortman
    Bob Kortman
    • Background Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Tom Chatterton
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    deickemeyer

    A typical story of the kind

    A two-reel western number, with Rhea Mitchell, J. Barney Sherry, Thomas Chatterton and others in the cast. The girl, who was staked in a card game by her father, flees from the gambler who won her. She takes refuge with the hero and his mother at a railroad station. Here she learns telegraphy and later saves the station and the hero's life. The gambler, a member of the holdup gang, is killed in the fray. This is a typical story of the kind, well-constructed and quite interesting considering the familiar character of the incidents. - The Moving Picture World, May 22, 1915

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    • Release date
      • May 19, 1915 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Production company
      • Broncho Film Company
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    • Runtime
      20 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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