The story is located in Poker Flat, a small Californian community. Certain inhabitants of Poker Flat feel that the community is going down the hill. They have lost a lot of money and the morals of people are thought to be sinking. Consequently a secret committee is elected. This committee decides who will be killed and who expatriated. On November 23, 1850 four people are exiled. The party consists of Duchess, a saloon girl; Mother Shipton, a madam; Uncle Billy, a local drunk and thief; and John Oakhurst, a poker player, who won a lot of money from the people sitting on the secret committee. The four characters get together and leave Poker Flat, heading for a one day’s journey to a nearby camp. After hours of traveling, Oakhurst’s companions get tired, and despite his remonstrances they decide to stop and rest.
Meanwhile, Oakhurst encounters young runaway couple, Piney Woods and Tom Simons, heading to Poker Flat to get married. Tom Simons, also called “The Innocent” has met Oakhurst before. They played Poker together, and Oakhurst won a great deal of money from him. Afterwards, he told Tom never to play poker again, and returned him his money. As a result of this Tom feels positively towards Oakhurst. He is thrilled to see him, and the young couple decides to spent some time with the group, obviously unaware of the fact that they were exiled for being immoral. Tom leads the group to an old cabin that he had found, and they spend the night. Oakhurst wakes up in the early morning and notices it started to snow. Furthermore, he discovers that Uncle Billy has been up long before him and now is gone with all their horses and mules. The rest of the group has no other choice than to wait for ten days until they run out of provisions. As the days go by, Mother Shipton dies of starvation, as she tries to save food for ‘the child’ - Piney. Oakhurst decides that Tom has to go to get some help and he fixes him some snow shoes. Then he tells the two women he will accompany Tom ‘as far as the canyon’. Duchess and Piney stay in the cabin and when their fire dies they fall asleep hugging each other. They look so peaceful and innocent, that when the “law of Poker Flat” finds them, they are unable to tell which one is the sinner, so they turn away and let them be. As for the last, Oakhurst commits suicide.
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Ford |
| Produced by | Pat Powers |
| Written by | Bret Harte (story) H. Tipton Steck |
| Starring | Harry Carey |
| Cinematography | John W. Brown |
| Distributed by | Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Release date | |
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
'The Outcasts of Poker Flat' (1869) is a short story written by renowned author of the American West, Bret Harte. This story is a good example of regionalism and local color during the Gilded Generation. His combination of realism and sentimentality offers readers real and known characters, yet without the dullness that might sometimes accompany them. Outcasts of Poker Flat,” stories of outcasts with hearts of gold. These stories put him on the literary map. Suddenly, he was the talk of the town with his work much discussed, often imitated, and highly sought after. When the Atlantic Monthly in Boston offered Harte an annual contract with a big salary, he moved his family back east. Dec 08, 2010 Vocabulary for Outcasts of Poker Flat; Shared Flashcard Set. Vegas style free slots. Vocabulary for Outcasts of Poker Flat. 15 vocab words from this short story. To become exiled; to be banished from one's country or homeland: Term. Coquetry: Definition. Flirtation: Term. Gulch: Definition.
The Outcasts of Poker Flat was a 1919 American western film directed by John Ford and featuring Harry Carey. The film is considered to be lost.[1] The screenplay is based upon the 1869 story of the same name by Bret Harte. Harte's story has been brought to film at least five times, including in 1937 with Preston Foster and in 1952 with Dale Robertson.
Plot[edit]
Outcasts Of Poker Flat Story
As described in a film magazine,[2] Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon (Carey), proprietor of a gambling hall in Arizona, is in love with his ward Ruth Watson (Hope). However, he believes that she is in love with his pal Billy Lanyon (Landis), and intends to let the youth have the girl. While in this uncertain mind about his own love affair, Harry begins to read Bret Harte's story 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat' and begins to liken himself to John Oakhurst in the story. Oakhurst (Carey) befriends a girl named Sophy (Hope) on a riverboat. The girl is being deserted by a gambler named Ned Stratton (Harris), who had promised to marry her, and Oakhurst saves her from self-destruction. Oakhurst brings Sophy to the questionable neighborhood of Poker Flat, and encourages her to marry some youth who loves her, although Oakhurst also cares for her. Stratton reappears and Oakhurst makes it his business to rid the camp of him. Later, the Vigilantes swoop down upon Poker Flat and, in a reform movement, send Oakhurst, Mother Shipton, the Duchess, and others into the hills. Sophy and her young husband follow. They are all caught in a violent storm from which only the latter two emerge alive. Harry Lanyon is impressed with the Bret Harte story, and vows that he will not repeat the mistake of Oakhurst and in sacrificing his love for another. Harry then discovers that Ruth loves him and not Billy after all.
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Cast[edit]
- Harry Carey as Square Shootin' Harry Lanyon / John Oakhurst
- Cullen Landis as Billy Lanyon / Tommy Oakhurst
- Gloria Hope as Ruth Watson / Sophy, the girl
- Joseph Harris as Ned Stratton
- Virginia Chester
See also[edit]
The Outcasts Of Poker Flat
Outcast Of Poker Flat Pdf
References[edit]
- ^'Progressive Silent Film List: The Outcasts of Poker Flat'. Silent Era. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- ^Wietzel, Edward (June 28, 1919). 'Reviews and Advertising Aids: The Outcasts of Poker Flat: Harry Carey Featured in Six Reel Universal Adaptation of Bret Harte Story'. Moving Picture World. New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company. 40 (13): 2007, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
External links[edit]
- The Outcasts of Poker Flat on IMDb
- lantern slide(Wayback Machine)
