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A Perilous Ride
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by J. Searle Dawley
Cast: James Gordon [the colonel commanding Fort Bent], Laura Sawyer [the colonel’s daughter], Herbert Prior [Captain Lorraine], Charles Sutton [a scout], Richard Neill [White Feather, an Indian chief], Mabel Trunnelle [White Swan, White Feather’s daughter]
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 25 November 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A capricious girl was in love with Captain Lorraine, and knowing his fondness for her, she laid him a wager of a kiss to race her to the river, although she had received instructions from her father, the colonel not to leave the fort. A moment he hesitates, but flushed cheek and sparkling eyes win and they are off. The river’s edge is reached and the young captain has won the wager. But from across the river the warlike band of Utes dashes toward them and now it is a race, not for love, but for life. The captain realizes that there is no chance for them both to escape, so signals the girl to ride on while in desperation he endeavors to hold the Indians in check for a few moments in order that she may gain the fort in time. This she eventually does, but the young captain falls into the hands of the Indians and is taken to the camp, bound and thrown into the chief’s tent. At night, White Swan, the chief’s daughter, whom he has befriended, steals into his tent and manages his escape. She arrives at the fort with news of his escape, but is wounded. White Feather, the chief, comes to the fort under a flag of truce, not knowing of his daughter’s whereabouts, and demands the colonel’s daughter as his squaw. The colonel realizes that time must be gained and tells him of his daughter’s presence, but refuses to let the old chief see her. The red man does not believe the colonel, and sends forth a cry for his White Swan. He waits to hear her voice, but only silence falls upon the air, for death has stolen in and silenced White Swan’s voice forever. The Indian chief believing the white man is deceiving him, turns to the window and draws his bow to send forth the arrow which will signal the attack. Suddenly the air is rent with pistol shots and distant sounds of conflict; Captain Lorraine has arrived with reinforcements.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 October 2023.
References: Website-IMDb.
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