Country: United
States
Language:
English
Director: Edwin
S. Porter
Release Date: 1
September 1905 (USA)
Filming
Locations: Versailles, Pennsylvania, USA
Production Co:
Edison Manufacturing Company
Sound Mix:
Silent
Color: Black and
White
Plot Keywords:
Escape | Horse | Parody | Train Robbery | Kiddie Train | Mask | Rowboat | Bandit | Hideout | Boy |
Swimming | Barn | Police Chase | Loot | Children | Girl | Child As Adult |
Diving | Spoof Title | Arrest | Pursuit | Hit On The Head | Police Pursuit |
River
Genres: Short |
Action | Crime | Family | Western
In this parody
of 1903's _Great Train Robbery, The (1903)_ , also made by Edwin S. Porter,
young bandits rob the passengers of a kiddie train and are chased by police
officers.
Seven or eight
fellows are sitting around when their boss, a gal, tells them to put on their
masks; she brings in a blindfolded man and sends the boys out to do a job. They
borrow horses, block a train track, and set up an ambush. They knock out the
engineer and rob each passenger, all of whom are dressed in white. The gang
escapes in the first car of the train, then they remount their horses and
scramble through forest and across a creek. Police pursue on foot. Back at the
hideout, the gang split the swag and run from the cops. The gang tries swimming
to safety, but the cops have a rowboat. Will any escape?
Trivia
The little train
carrying the children appears to have the words "Olympia Park RR"
written on its side, which might or might not be an indication of where it was,
at least partially, filmed.
Connections
Featured in
Edison: The Invention of the Movies (2005) (Video) - The entire film is
included on the DVD
