A Christmas Revenge

A Christmas Revenge is a lost 1915 American silent Western and Christmas film directed by Gilbert M. Anderson. Anderson also stars as Broncho Billy.

Plot

A stranger is in town and he has won over a local teacher who used to be Broncho Billy's girl. On the day of the wedding, Billy shoots the groom, injuring him. Now on the run from the law, Billy leaves a message, saying that he will kill the groom on Christmas Day. At Christmas he returns and using a Santa Claus costume gets into the church. At the last moment, he decides not to harm the groom as a Christmas present to his former lover.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Background

A Christmas Revenge is a production of the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company and was released in theaters on December 18, 1915.^[4] The film is an adaptation of the short story "A Chaparral Christmas Gift" by the American writer O. Henry. The original was published in 1910 with 23 other short stories in the collection Whirligigs.

References

^ Motography (Jul - Dec 1915). Electricity Magazine Corp. 1915.
^ Moving Picture World (Dec 1915). New York, Chalmers Publishing Company. 1915.
^ Anderson, Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" (1915-12-18), A Christmas Revenge (Short, Drama), Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Marguerite Clayton, Lloyd Bacon, The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, retrieved 2024-01-23
^ Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1916). New York: Chalmers Publishing Company. January 1916.

External links

Media related to A Christmas Revenge at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Motography (Jul - Dec 1915). Electricity Magazine Corp. 1915.

[2] Moving Picture World (Dec 1915). New York, Chalmers Publishing Company. 1915.

[3] Anderson, Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" (1915-12-18), A Christmas Revenge (Short, Drama), Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Marguerite Clayton, Lloyd Bacon, The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, retrieved 2024-01-23

[4] Moving Picture World (Jan-Mar 1916). New York: Chalmers Publishing Company. January 1916.

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