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[Texas Tex]
(1907) Denmark
B&W : Short film
Directed by Viggo Larsen

Cast: (unknown)

Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Films Kompagni. / Produced by Ole Olsen. Scenario by Arnold Richard Nielsen. / Released 15 November 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA by Great Northern Film Company on 7 June 1908.

Drama: Western.

Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A catchy film of the old Indian days, showing typical life in the wild west prairies. The film shows lassoing and taming of wild bucking bronchos. Tex has a sweetheart of typical Western beauty with whom one of the cowboys is madly in love, but she will have nothing to do with him. Full of hatred, William, the bad boy, enlists the services of a Sioux Indian and together they rob the stables of Tex, and are discovered by the young girl whom they capture and carry off into the woods, where William tries to kiss her and is repulsed. The Indian, filled with jealous rage, slays William and tries to secure the girl for himself. She also repulses him and is tied to a tree. Then Tex, who having discovered the loss of his sweetheart and horses and followed the trail, rushes in between and knocks down the Indian and rescues his beloved one.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown) [Denmark]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 26 November 2022.

References: Mottram-Danish p. 25 : Website-IMDb.

 
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