The Life of a Cowboy (1906)

Original title

Life of a Cowboy

Directed by

Edwin Stanton Porter

Genre

short film, silent film, Western

Country

United States

Runtime

17 min

Rating

3.9 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent short follows a cowboy's daily activities on a ranch. It shows scenes of riding, roping, and a chase.

old-fashionedsimplestagedlivelynostalgicbrisktheatrical

What happens

Life of a Cowboy is a 1906 American short silent Western film produced by Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S. Porter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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