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Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Gilbert M. Anderson

Cast: Broncho Billy Anderson (Gilbert M. Anderson) [Broncho Billy], Brinsley Shaw [Billy’s rival], Augustus Carney [Alkali Ike], Arthur Mackley [the stage driver; the doctor], Louis Morisette [Shotgun], R. Henry Grey [the hotel desk clerk], Fred Church [a townsman], Victor Potel [a townsman], Harry Todd [a townsman]

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Cinematography by Jess Robbins. / Released 3 February 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom in 31 March 1912.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 21 September 2017.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.