The Girl Stage Driver
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The Girl Stage Driver is a silent
short Western
film. It was thought to have been lost
, but an incomplete 35mm positive print was found in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive
. The film was shot in Tucson, Arizona
.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
short Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
film. It was thought to have been lost
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
, but an incomplete 35mm positive print was found in 2009 in the New Zealand Film Archive
New Zealand Film Archive
The New Zealand Film Archive is a charitable trust dedicated to the collection, preservation and viewing of mainly New Zealand films and videos made between 1895 to the present day.- Background :...
. The film was shot in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
.
Cast
- Norbert A. Myles as The Sheriff
- Edna PayneEdna PayneEdna Payne was an American silent screen motion picture actress.-Career:Her parents were both stage actors, so Payne began her career as a child in vaudeville, making her movie debut in Higgenses Versus Judsons . She played the lead in reel dramas, and later in a few reel westerns including The...
as The Girl - Will E. Sheerer as The Girl's Father