The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg

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]

The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg
Gene Gauntier as Nan, the Girl Spy
Directed bySidney Olcott
Produced bySidney Olcott
Written byGene Gauntier
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
LanguageSilent film
(English intertitles)

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. 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. "The Girl Spy Before Vicksburg [ID FLM24827]". EYE Filmmuseum Collection Catalogue [online database] (in Dutch). Retrieved January 21, 2021.


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