The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

1912 RomanceWestern 17 minutes Directed by D.W. Griffith

About The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

In a mining town, the woman called the Goddess meets a tenderfoot prospector who falls for her. Blue Grass Pete already has her favor: he saved her from a snake. Pete's interest then shifts to her sister, while his friends plan a robbery.

Cast & crew

More about The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch

D. W. Griffith directed and produced. Stanner E. V. Taylor is credited as writer on Wikidata. English Wikipedia also lists Bret Harte as a writer. Biograph released the one-reeler on March 25, 1912.

Themes

  • a snake and a favor
  • a prospector who arrives too late
  • a robbery planned by friends
  • Blanche Sweet
  • Blue Grass Pete
  • mining town
  • snake
  • sister

Look

G. W. Bitzer photographed the Biograph Western.

Notes

  • Blanche Sweet plays the Goddess. Charles West plays Blue Grass Pete. Dorothy Bernard plays the sister. Harry Hyde plays the prospector.
  • Christy Cabanne, William A. Carroll, and Charles Hill Mailes play villains.
  • W. Chrystie Miller plays an old man in the camp.

Scenes

  • Pete kills the snake that is about to strike the Goddess.
  • Pete's friends set a robbery in motion after his attention turns to her sister.