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The Cow Girl’s Pranks
Also known as {Cowgirl’s Pranks}, {Cowgirls’ Pranks}
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Thomas H. Ince
Cast: Ethel Grandin, Anna Little (Ann Little), Francis Ford
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company [Bison]. / Released 19 December 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The boys are ordered to turn in early by the foreman, as there is to be a round-up on the following day. Time hangs heavily with the girls, so they decide to start something. Sneaking into the bunk-house, they steal the trousers and chaps of the cowboys, and throw their boots away. Attiring themselves in the masculine garments, they saddle the boys’ horses and start off to town as they have often see the boys do. At the saloon they compel the bartender to give them a drink. In the meantime the boys awaken and discover the loss of their clothes. Wrapping blankets about themselves they sally forth in quest of the thieves, and, being bootless, their tender feet are bruised by the stones. They tell their troubles to the ranchman and his wife, and finding the girls’ discarded clothing, they gain an inkling of the situation. The boys are compelled to don the skirts, having nothing else to wear. The boys then discover the loss of their horses, and a team is hitched to the big carry-all. The girls are found in a penitent mood. They are taken out by the ear and bundled in the wagon by the ranchman and his wife, and taken home. The next day the girls, with aching heads, are gathered around the well with wet towels about their heads, drinking the cool water, and vow never again to imitate the boys.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 May 2020.
References: ClasIm-204 p. 11; ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.
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