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| name = Billy the Kid
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| name = Billy the Kid
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| director = [[Laurence Trimble]]
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| director = [[Laurence Trimble]]
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| producer = [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph Company of America]]
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| producer = [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph Company of America]]
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| writer = Edward J. Montagne
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| writer = Edward J. Montagne
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| starring = [[Tefft Johnson]]<br />[[Edith Storey]]
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| starring = [[Tefft Johnson]]<br />[[Edith Storey]]
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| distributor = [[General Film Company|The General Film Company, Incorporated]]
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| distributor = [[General Film Company|The General Film Company, Incorporated]]
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| released = {{Film date|1911|8|9|ref1=<ref name=”The Big V 150″>{{cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony | author-link=Anthony Slide |title= The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company |location=Metuchen, N.J. |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=1976 |isbn=9780810809673 |page=150
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| released = {{Film date|1911|8|9|ref1=<ref name=”The Big V 150″>{{cite book |last=Slide |first=Anthony | author-link=Anthony Slide |title= The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company |location=Metuchen, N.J. |publisher=Scarecrow Press |date=1976 |isbn=9780810809673 |page=150}}</ref>}}
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| runtime = One reel / 305 metres
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| runtime = One reel / 305 metres
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| country = United States
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| country = United States
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| language = Silent
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| language = Silent (English)
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””’Billy the Kid””’ is a 1911 [[
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””’Billy the Kid””’ is a 1911 American [[silent film|silent]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Laurence Trimble]] for [[Vitagraph Studios]]. It is very loosely based on the life of [[Billy the Kid]]. It is believed to be a lost film.
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The following is one of the only reviews of the 1911 short film from [[The Moving Picture World]]:<ref name=Boggs2014>{{cite web|url=https://truewestmagazine.com/when-billy-the-kid-was-billie-the-kid/|title=When Billy the Kid Was Billie the Kid|date=9 October 2014|publisher=|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref>
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The following is one of the only reviews of the 1911 short film from [[The Moving Picture World]]:<ref name=Boggs2014>{{cite web |url=https://truewestmagazine.com/when-billy-the-kid-was-billie-the-kid/ |title=When Billy the Kid Was Billie the Kid |date=9 October 2014 |publisher= |accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref>
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The duties of the sheriff as performed by “Uncle Billy” were not a matter of pleasure. His son-in-law is a member of the posse; lie and “Uncle Billy” leave the house hurriedly to join their comrades in pursuit of the outlaws. Two hours later the son in-law is carried back to his home, the victim of the gang. A little daughter is born to the widow and left an orphan. “Uncle Billy” is anxious that the child should be a boy, but through the secrecy of the Spanish servant. “Uncle Billy” never knew that “Billy, the Kid.” was a girl. The sheriff brought her up as a young cowboy, although he noticed there was a certain timidity in the “Kid” that was not at all becoming a boy. When “Billy, the Kid,” is sixteen years of age, her grandfather sends her to a town school. Lee Curtis, the foreman of “Uncle Billy’s” ranch, was the “Kid’s” pal; they were very fond of each other, and it was hard for Lee to part with his young associate, when he accompanied her to the cross roads where they meet the stage. The stage is held up by the outlaws. The “Kid” is taken captive and held as a ransom; they send a note to “Uncle Billy” saying: “If he will grant them immunity, they will restore the ‘Kid.'” When the sheriff gets this message, he is furious, and the Spanish servant who well knows that the “Kid” is a girl, is almost frantic with apprehension lest the “Kid’s” captors discover this fact. She tells “Uncle Billy” why she has kept him in ignorance of the truth. Lee Curtis overhears the servant’s statement, and with the sheriff, rushes out to get the posse in action. “Billy the Kid” has managed to escape from the outlaws and meets the sheriff and his posse. Her grandfather loses no time in getting her back home and into female attire. This time “Uncle Billy” Is going to send the “Kid” to a female seminary and he is going to take her there himself. She tells her grandfather she just wants to be “Billy the Kid” and have Lee for her life companion. “Uncle Billy” has nothing more to say, and it is not long before she changes her name to Mrs. Lee Curtis.
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The duties of the sheriff as performed by “Uncle Billy” were not a matter of pleasure. His son-in-law is a member of the posse; lie and “Uncle Billy” leave the house hurriedly to join their comrades in pursuit of the outlaws. Two hours later the son in-law is carried back to his home, the victim of the gang. A little daughter is born to the widow and left an orphan. “Uncle Billy” is anxious that the child should be a boy, but through the secrecy of the Spanish servant. “Uncle Billy” never knew that “Billy, the Kid.” was a girl. The sheriff brought her up as a young cowboy, although he noticed there was a certain timidity in the “Kid” that was not at all becoming a boy. When “Billy, the Kid,” is sixteen years of age, her grandfather sends her to a town school. Lee Curtis, the foreman of “Uncle Billy’s” ranch, was the “Kid’s” pal; they were very fond of each other, and it was hard for Lee to part with his young associate, when he accompanied her to the cross roads where they meet the stage. The stage is held up by the outlaws. The “Kid” is taken captive and held as a ransom; they send a note to “Uncle Billy” saying: “If he will grant them immunity, they will restore the ‘Kid.'” When the sheriff gets this message, he is furious, and the Spanish servant who well knows that the “Kid” is a girl, is almost frantic with apprehension lest the “Kid’s” captors discover this fact. She tells “Uncle Billy” why she has kept him in ignorance of the truth. Lee Curtis overhears the servant’s statement, and with the sheriff, rushes out to get the posse in action. “Billy the Kid” has managed to escape from the outlaws and meets the sheriff and his posse. Her grandfather loses no time in getting her back home and into female attire. This time “Uncle Billy” Is going to send the “Kid” to a female seminary and he is going to take her there himself. She tells her grandfather she just wants to be “Billy the Kid” and have Lee for her life companion. “Uncle Billy” has nothing more to say, and it is not long before she changes her name to Mrs. Lee Curtis.
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== Cast ==
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*[[Tefft Johnson]] as Lee Curtis
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* [[Tefft Johnson]] as Lee Curtis
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*[[Edith Storey]] as [[Billy the Kid]]
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* [[Edith Storey]] as [[Billy the Kid]]
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*[[Ralph Ince]] as Billy’s Uncle
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* [[Ralph Ince]] as Billy’s Uncle
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*[[Julia Swayne Gordon]] as Billy’s Mother
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* [[Julia Swayne Gordon]] as Billy’s Mother
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*[[William R. Dunn (actor)|William R. Dunn]]
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* [[William R. Dunn (actor)|William R. Dunn]]
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*[[Harry T. Morey]]
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* [[Harry T. Morey]]
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== Production ==
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[[Category:1911 films]]
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