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Algie the Miner

1912 · 10 min
Directed by Alice Guy-Blaché
ComedyRomance

Cast

Billy Quirk Blanche Cornwall Darwin Karr

Credits

Music: Marcus Sjowall
Produced by: Alice Guy

Plot

A weak young man goes west to prove himself to the woman he loves and is mistaken for a hero in a mining camp. A comedy with a cross-dressing theme.

Sinekatalog’s take

Alice Guy-Blaché's 1912 comedy sends a timid young man west to win his sweetheart, where he is mistaken for a hero in a mining camp. Light and cross-dressing in theme, it is a lively, gently subversive short from cinema's first woman director.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 5.7 / 10 (669 votes)
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