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:
01 March 1911
George Petit, the son of a bank cashier is a heavy gambler. After losing a significant amount of money at cards, he becomes desperate to recover his losses.
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.
15 February 1911
Billy and His Pal, released on February 16, 1911, is about a cowboy, Jim (Francis Ford), who is idolised by young Billy (actress Edith Storey in drag).
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.
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.
18 February 1911
A capable but homely new hire becomes ill and recommends her beautiful cousin during leave. The bosses and clerk get a surprise at the end.
17 April 1911
A lost film. Jose Almedo is a cattle thief. Marie, his wife, endeavors to assist him. Jose and his band plan to run off some cattle belonging to a rancher.
24 April 1911
Two men attempt to commit suicide for vastly different reasons. They try various methods but find it increasingly difficult to finish the job.
09 February 1911
Mr. and Mrs. Parker leave their apartment to the care of their servants, Riley and his wife, while Mrs.
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.
21 December 1911
Elaborately produced version of the well known George O. Nichols fairy tale interrupted by just a few summarizing intertitles, with Florence LaBadie and Harry Benham.
25 April 1911
Two brothers, of good old New England stock. Love the same maid, but she loves one a great deal more than the other, so when war breaks out Jim decides to go, and is one of the first volunteers.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1911 The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company.
