A Colonial Belle (1910)
This is a dramatization of a real episode of the Revolutionary War. No attempt has been made to deviate in the slightest from the original pretty story which is immortalized in many of the early school readers. Captain Roger Bacon, an officer in the Continental Army, is in love with Betty Wadsworth, a true patriot. The campaign has centered around the section in which the Wadsworth mansion is located and a party of gay young Hessian officers take possession of the fine old house and make it their headquarters. Captain Bacon in the meantime has been corresponding with Betty, and when she puts up a plan to outwit and overcome the Hessians he readily falls in with it. Betty organizes a little party in honor of the Hessian officers, nod after a cotillion an old-fashioned game of forfeits is proposed. In this game the Hessian officers are induced to surrender their side arms, to be won back during the progress of the game. As soon as the Hessians are disarmed, however, a signal is given to the waiting patriots outside: doors and windows are flung open and Captain Bacon with his men burst in and take the hapless Hessians captive. Every scene in this production is vouched for by the Kalem Company as a true picture of stirring times in New England during the period of the Revolutionary War, and as such the film is of the highest educational value. It will be noted that the gowns worn by the women of the Kalem stock Company in this production are originals in possession of the owners of the mansion about which the picture was made.
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GenresDrama
Short
War
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Sidney Olcott | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Gene Gauntier | |
| James Vincent | |
| Ralph B. Mitchell | |
| Robert G. Vignola |
