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The Bad Man from Riley's Gulch (1910) Online

The Bad Man from Riley's Gulch (1910) Online
Original Title :
The Bad Man from Rileyu0027s Gulch
Genre :
Movie / Short / Comedy / Western
Year :
1910
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.7/10

This picture shows the typical bad man of the Western mining and cattle regions getting ready for his bullying of the community by imbibing courage from a bottle, or several bottles. ... See full summary

The Bad Man from Riley's Gulch (1910) Online

This picture shows the typical bad man of the Western mining and cattle regions getting ready for his bullying of the community by imbibing courage from a bottle, or several bottles. Sallying forth to the supply store of the town, he is not long in getting into an argument and bluffing everyone from the proprietor to a formidable looking man. Filled with the spirit of bravado he next visits the hotel of the place, and we see him there engaged in a wordy dispute with some men who are playing cards. One of the occupants of the room annoys him by singing. The bad man pushes him around to the annoyance of the others in the room, who remonstrate against the disturbance. This starts a row.at the conclusion of which the proprietor's little wife, who has heard the rumpus, enters the room with her sewing materials and advances upon the foe. Snapping her shears in his face, she pours forth a volley of language which completely flabbergasts the astounded bully.

Released as a split reel along with the comedies His Just Deserts (1910) and The Surprise Party (1910).


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Voodoosida

A drama representing what has occurred many times in Western saloons when a bad man enters and begins bullying everyone in the place. So far the picture is familiar, but when the bully is put to flight by a determined little woman wielding a pair of shears, the picture has a different ending from some of them. This one is well acted, but apart from that it possesses considerable interest because it shows a type of character which is fast passing away, if, indeed, it has not entirely passed, excepting in remote frontier or backwoods settlements. The typical bad man was a product of a condition, and in a general way that condition has ceased to exist in most localities and with it has gone this type of bullying desperado. Preserving the type adequately has been well performed in this picture. - The Moving Picture World, February 19, 1910