The Bandit of Tropico

The Bandit of Tropico
Produced byDavid Horsley
StarringHarry von Meter
Vivian Rich
Distributed byUniversal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • June 17, 1912 (1912-06-17)
[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent films
English intertitles

The Bandit of Tropico is a 1912 American silent short adventure film starring Harry von Meter as "The Bandit" and Vivian Rich his daughter.[2][3]

Plot

William Blake (Harry von Meter) plays a trusted citizen in Tropico, California, a town that has been recently plagued by stagecoach robberies. The sheriff, Jim Sherwood, seeks to find the bandit and pursues a relationship with Blake's daughter, Kitty (Vivian Rich). Little does Sherwood know that his love interest's father is also the bandit who he is hunting.[3]

References

  1. ^ Moving Picture Annual and Yearbook. Moving Picture World. 1913. p. 80.
  2. ^ Bordwell, David; Staiger, Janet; Thompson, Kristin (September 2, 2003). The Classical Hollywood Cinema: Film Style and Mode of Production to 1960. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-98808-2.
  3. ^ a b The Bandit of Tropico. Motion Picture News Incorporated. 1912. p. 35.