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'''''The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg''''' is an American silent film produced by [[Kalem Company]] and directed by [[Sidney Olcott]] with [[Gene Gauntier]], [[Robert Vignola]] and [[JP McGowan]].<ref name="Britton2006">{{cite book|author=Wesley Alan Britton|title=Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YzSFuZeZZkC&pg=PA34|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-99281-1|pages=34–5}}</ref><ref name="Lowe2014">{{cite book|author=Denise Lowe|title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68e2AgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1932|date=27 January 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-71896-3|pages=1932–5}}</ref><ref name="Horak2016">{{cite book|author=Laura Horak|title=Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wNYCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46|date=26 February 2016|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-7484-4|pages=46}}</ref> A copy of this film is held at the [[EYE Film Institute Netherlands|EYE Filmmuseum]] in Amsterdam.<ref name="Horak2016" />
'''''The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg''''' is an American silent film produced by [[Kalem Company]] and directed by [[Sidney Olcott]] with [[Gene Gauntier]], [[Robert Vignola]] and [[JP McGowan]].<ref name="Britton2006">{{cite book|author=Wesley Alan Britton|title=Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2YzSFuZeZZkC&pg=PA34|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-99281-1|pages=34–5}}</ref><ref name="Lowe2014">{{cite book|author=Denise Lowe|title=An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68e2AgAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA1932|date=27 January 2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-71896-3|pages=1932–5}}</ref><ref name="Horak2016">{{cite book|author=Laura Horak|title=Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wNYCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT46|date=26 February 2016|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-7484-4|pages=46}}</ref> A copy of this film is held at the [[EYE Film Institute Netherlands|EYE Filmmuseum]] in Amsterdam.<ref name="Horak2016" />
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* [[JP McGowan]]
* [[Jack J. Clark]]
* [[Jack J. Clark]]

== Plot ==
"In the absence of men, a Civil War commander asks his daughter (The Girl Spy) to sabotage a gunpowder transport. The girl disguises herself as a soldier and completes her task. After a dangerous escape, she returns to her crying mother."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg [ID FLM24827]|url=http://catalogue.eyefilm.nl/ce/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=EYE Filmmuseum Collection Catalogue [online database]|language=Dutch}}</ref>


==Production notes==
==Production notes==
The film was shot in [[Jacksonville]], Florida.
The film was shot in [[Jacksonville]], Florida. The film was written by Gauntier.<ref name=":0" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:49, 21 January 2021

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
Gene Gauntier as Nan, the Girl Spy
Directed bySidney Olcott
Written byGene Gauntier
Produced bySidney Olcott
StarringGene Gauntier
JP McGowan
Robert Vignola
CinematographyGeorge K. Hollister
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • December 28, 1910 (1910-12-28)
Running time
935 ft
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg is an American silent film produced by Kalem Company and directed by Sidney Olcott with Gene Gauntier, Robert Vignola and JP McGowan.[1][2][3] A copy of this film is held at the EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam.[3]

Cast

Plot

"In the absence of men, a Civil War commander asks his daughter (The Girl Spy) to sabotage a gunpowder transport. The girl disguises herself as a soldier and completes her task. After a dangerous escape, she returns to her crying mother."[4]

Production notes

The film was shot in Jacksonville, Florida. The film was written by Gauntier.[4]

References

  1. ^ Wesley Alan Britton (2006). Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 34–5. ISBN 978-0-275-99281-1.
  2. ^ Denise Lowe (27 January 2014). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1932–5. ISBN 978-1-317-71896-3.
  3. ^ a b Laura Horak (26 February 2016). Girls Will Be Boys: Cross-Dressed Women, Lesbians, and American Cinema, 1908-1934. Rutgers University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8135-7484-4.
  4. ^ a b "The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg [ID FLM24827]". EYE Filmmuseum Collection Catalogue [online database] (in Dutch). Retrieved January 21, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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