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   Nell Shipman

 

Directed by                Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle
Produced by              Nell Shipman Productions Inc.
Written by                  Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle
Starring                      Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle
Cinematography        Joseph B. Walker
Release date                October, 1920
Running time              57 minutes
Country                       US
Language                     Silent film

 

We have included this film in our program to illustrate the work and contributions of our star Nell Shipman.

 

"Something New" is a suspenseful Western drama, in which horseback bandits chase a car on a rugged terrain in Mexico. 

Nell Shipman plays the role of a woman writer craving real, red and raw atmosphere.  For this she moves down south across the border, but gets a lot more than she bargained for.  Nell Shipman gets kidnapped by bandits and her only hope is Bert Van Tuyle, playing an American engineer, whom she just met.  His only hope to find her without a horse in a country without roads is his little car Maxwell. 

Bert does manage to find Nell Shipman. They break away and try to escape driving into the night, with the bandit gang giving chase.  Maxwell holds up amazingly well being run up and down the inhospitable wilderness.  The forces are uneven, however, and the bandits close in.  Could there be one last chance for survival?

 

 

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   Nell Shipman