Nugget Nell

"Touch a hair of his mustache and I'll drill ya clean!"

Nugget Nell — Plot

Big Hearted Jim, the sheriff, loves the tomboyish Nugget Nell ( Dorothy Gish ), who runs a hash house in the mining country, but although she has romantic feelings, they are not aroused by Jim. Nell agrees to an old miner friend's request to care for his "child," Nell is shocked to meet the six-foot girl, but she cares for her just the same. Nell falls in love with the City Chap, out West to look after his mining property, but he barely notices her, having become intrigued by the Ingenue, whom he met on the stagecoach. The jealous Nell steals stylish clothes to allure him, but she has trouble walking in French high-heels.

• Release date
• July 27, 1919
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Western
• Director
• Elmer Clifton

Nugget Nell — Cast

Dorothy Gish Nugget Nell David Butler Big Hearted Jim Raymond Cannon The City Chap

R

Regina Sarle The Child Jim Farley Badman #1

B

Bob Fleming Badman #2 Wilbur Higby Nell's Uncle

E

Emily Chichester The Ingenue