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The Trimming of Paradise Gulch
(1910) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Francis Boggs
Cast: Margarita Fischer [the young woman con artist], Tom Mix [a cowboy]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, and/or The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by Lannier Bartlett. / Released [?] 30 May or 2 June? 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 28 May 1910, page ?] The most absolutely new and original western story ever put in picture form. We find a little mountain tavern near the foothills where the cowboys and rangers were wont to spend their spare time when they were not chasing a steer. One nice summer day the camp was all in a turmoil; the stage had arrived and among its occupants was a young lady, demure and sweet. Several of the residents thereabout and a smooth looking chap of the city type who afterwards proves to be a vendor in cheap jewelry and is out for the harvest. Nell, the young lady in question, establishes a school in art recognizing in the cowboy clientele excellent material to further her scheme. She soon has them all paying marked homage—willing to take lessons just in order to admire their teacher. They are suddenly seized with the idea of making her presents of rings and jewelry, little dreaming that the (dark horse) man in the background selling rings was none other than her husband. Things assume an exceedingly interesting state of affairs.
Reviews: [New York Dramatic Mirror, 11 June 1910, page ?] Spirited Western farce based on a humorous idea and acted with an excellent show of sincerity is presented in this film. It tells the story of a captivating young woman who enters the Western town of Paradise Gulch, where the men beomce infatuated with her to the extent that they give up card playing and drinking and become her ardent pupils in studying painting. When a traveling dealer in jewelry arrives, they buy out his stock and each man gives the charmer a valuable present. When she has accepted all the jewelry bought from the peddler, she pulls up and leaves with him, archly introducing him as her husband by way of a parting shot. The consternation of the sting victims is the best part of the film.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 October 2023.
References: Norris-Mix p. 109 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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