30 December 1911 Western 14 mins
Fairfax, California, is the location used for this film, one of the earliest Broncho Billy films. Anderson includes his usual mix of comedy and drama as Broncho Billy gets caught in the middle of a family dispute between a jealous hotel owner and his daughter when she flirts with her boyfriend, a cowboy her father dislikes.
Watch the official Broncho Billy's Adventure 1911 trailer in HD below.
Gilbert M. Anderson as Broncho Billy
Arthur Mackley as Hotel Keeper
Edna Fisher as Tavern Owner's Daughter
Fred Church as Tavern Owner's Daughter's Sweetheart
Victor Potel as Cowboy
Kite Robinson as Cowboy
Patrick Rooney as Cowboy
Augustus Carney as Dr. A Carney
Broncho Billy and the Maid Trailer
United States 30 December 1911
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1911:
12 July 1911
Two caravans meet on the desert, one headed by Howell and Clancy, two New York men, who are gathering animals for circus purposes, the other is led by an old animal tamer named Desmond and his beautiful daughter, whom the natives have nicknamed Capt.
24 June 1911
Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need of an outer garment, notices Solomon's display and buys one of the coats.
26 September 1911
The “gallant young Lochinvar” and his stolen bride lead their pursuers on a merry chase
31 August 1911
A lost film. Dan Gardner, a young man, is down and out. Arrested as a tramp, he is thrown into jail. He is released with but a single coin in his pocket.
24 September 1911
REEL ONE: Diane Eleanor De Vaudrey secretly marries a man beneath her. A child is born, Louise, the blind girl.
16 November 1911
The ballet pupil Camilla Favier makes for a quick success and falls for the author Jean Mayol. She discovers a love letter to him from a rich married woman and is devastated.
24 August 1911
A farmer takes in a young orphan after her mother's death and sends her off to school. After she's grown, he encourages her to consider his younger brother as a husband.
19 January 1911
The cook has been the bane of many a family, but when it comes to stirring up a western ranch and getting the goats of the cowpunchers there is going to be something doing, and the doing of the something is full of interest, to wit: The cook is not satisfactory and the boys strike for a new "chef.
30 March 1911
Bill is discharged from Bar K Ranch and in his desperation decide to turn train robber. On his way to town he rescues Myrtle Mulligan, who has been driven from protection to the high branches of a tree by a vicious bull.
23 February 1911
Bob Ford, a young college graduate and a man-about-town, self-willed and wild, who tries his father's patience and generosity by going the limit, is called to a sudden halt by the old gentleman and sent out west with his valet to work on Jones' ranch in Texas and prove to his father that he is not a hopeless renegade.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1911 The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.
