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Three Million Dollars (1911) Online
1911 J. Warren Kerrigan Pauline Bush George Periolat Allan Dwan
Original Title :
Three Million Dollars
Genre :
Movie / Short / Romance / Western
Year :
1911
Directror :
Allan Dwan
Cast :
J. Warren Kerrigan,Pauline Bush,George Periolat
Type :
Movie
Time :
10min
Rating :
5.3/10

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Mr. Joseph Close, ranch man, with his wife and daughter, visit the town for supplies. The daughter makes a hit with the storekeeper and it is with difficulty that the ranch man induces his daughter to leave. They return home, and the ranch man finds a letter in his mail box from Wm. Schrider, Attorney-at-Law, informing him that his brother is dead, and has left the sum of three million dollars to his daughter, on condition that she produce an official certificate of her marriage one month from the date of her uncle's death. He hurries to the house with the glad information, and his wife rejoices with him. They call Estella, and are astounded when she refuses to get married. The ranch man offers his cowboys one thousand dollars each if they will help him. He suggests that they go to town and kidnap a handsome man and also abduct his daughter. Accordingly, some of the boys are detailed to abduct the daughter, others to kidnap the handsome storekeeper, and the ranch man himself goes ...
Credited cast:
J. Warren Kerrigan J. Warren Kerrigan - Arthur White
Pauline Bush Pauline Bush - Estella
George Periolat George Periolat - Joseph Close
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Louise Lester Louise Lester


User reviews

Daron

Daron

THREE MILLION DOLLARS is a slight little comedic western about the impoverished daughter of a ranch hand who discovers that she's due to inherit the titular sum, on the proviso that she marries within a month. Her father then goes on a mad hunt to find the man-hating girl a suitable groom. This brief, silent feature is directed by future big name Allan Dwan, and features boisterous comedy with plenty of kidnapping and incident to drive it along.
Xava

Xava

Told that daughter Pauline Bush will inherit three million dollars if she shows up with a marriage license, George Periolat is upset she insists on someone who loves her. He orders his cow hands to kidnap all the handsome men in the county. When they turn up with J. Warren Kerrigan and hogtie him next to Pauline...

This is a primitive and rowdy western comedy, typical of the era. What is interesting is the way that director Allan Dwan brings out his actors' pleasure in the silly little affair. It was one of his numerous strengths as a director in his half-century behind the megaphone; it was a talent more common to the stage, or perhaps more apparent there.

Anyone who goes to Harpodeon.com to look at this film will also find Dwan's other strengths on view in rawer form than they would be revealed later on. Even though my pleasure in this work is peculiarly academic -- I am more interested in finding hints of what Dwan will become rather than the movie at hand -- fans of early movies of Mr. Dwan should find it a pleasant fifteen minutes.