Movie
Kit, the Arkansaw Traveler
1914
A creaky silent western that plays like a simple frontier melodrama, with a damsel in peril and a swift, sweet rescue.
- Directed by
- Kenean Buel
- Genres
- Western
- Starring
- Jere Austin, Alice Hollister, Benjamin Ross
- Overview
- Mary Adams, about to visit relatives in a distant part of the country, is entrusted to the care of Manuel Bond. The girl's beauty inflames Bond, a gambler and a scoundrel. That night, when the stagecoach halts, Mary is horrified to discover that Bond has registered for both as man and wife. The gambler turns a deaf ear to the girl's frantic pleas. After locking her in the room, the scoundrel proceeds to the barroom. Mary escapes by means of the window. The girl comes upon a party of settlers. Mary joins the party. Later, the girl meets Kit, a young backwoodsman. It is a case of love at first sight and the two are married the same day.
- How it feels
- Earnest, romantic and tense. Brisk and fine in the background.
- About
- Survival, love, betrayal, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Kenean Buel
- Genres
- Western
- Starring
- Jere Austin, Alice Hollister, Benjamin Ross
