His First Performance (1913)
Tommy McGuire, leading man of "Red Barlow, the Terror of the Gulch," is quite sure that he is destined to make a decided hit in his part as Reginald Fortescue, the noble-minded cowboy. Accordingly, he invites his parents to the opening performance of the play at the Centretown Opera House. Mr. and Mrs. McGuire, overjoyed at the prospect of seeing their son act, come to Centretown on the appointed day, arrayed in apparel whereat the lilies of the fields might well blush. At length, comfortably settled in their chairs, Mr. and Mrs. McGuire await with pleasurable excitement the raising of the curtain. The play of "Red Barlow" is a cruel, hard thing. Red Barlow has a grudge against the poor rancher and leaves a barrel of powder, with fuse lighted, before the door of his cabin. Reginald Fortescue, the cowboy, enters and despite the frenzied appeals of his parents in the orchestra, sits on the barrel and uses the fuse to light his cigarette. After he has put it out and gone away, and after two ushers have succeeded in partially restraining the frantic McGuires, the rancher comes out of his house and carries off the barrel of powder. His wife follows him into the house with an ostensible child in her arms and for some unaccountable reason, falls fainting to the ground. The villain and his Indian accomplice attempt to kidnap her but are foiled by Reginald. While Reginald kneels with the unconscious woman in his arms, the villain enters from the back, draws a long knife and creeps slowly towards him. Nearer and nearer he creeps, a wicked leer playing about his savage face. Apparently nothing can save Reginald. The knife is slowly lifted and held quivering above the fair-haired cowboy. Suddenly a wild Irish yell rings through the theater and Mr. McGuire dashes on the stage just in time to save his offspring. One blow lays Red Barlow stiff on the boards, another stretches the bad Indian beside him, while a third, delivered somewhat carelessly, stretches the rescued son beside his enemies.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles H. France | Director |
| Milton Nobles | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Edward Boulden | |
| Edward O'Connor | |
| Jessie Stevens | |
| Carlton S. King |
