Lem's College Career (1916)
Mary and Lem are sweethearts. Mary is a farmer's daughter and Lem the owner of Bar 3 Ranch. They are happy until one day Mary's mother gets a letter from some city friends accepting an invitation to be present at her son's return from college. Rollin, the college boy, takes leave of his father with a parting warning regarding the west, but Rollin refuses his father's gun, assuring him that the west is now as calm and civilized as the college city. He arrives in the small farm town and to the dismay of all the cowboys and Lem succeeds in making a great impression on Mary and her family. A dance is later given in his honor and he attires himself in full dress for the occasion and is the idol of the whole barn. Every girl in the place, including Mary, is his for the asking, and Lem and the rest of the cowboys don't have a look-in. As time goes on Lem broods over his misfortune and when his Wednesday evening for calling on Mary rolls around the boys have to coax him to go, as he feels he has lost all chances. He finally gets as far as her front porch, where he hears soft music and witnesses his sweetheart's departure with his rival for a lovers' stroll in the woods. This dashes out his last hopes and he returns to the cowboys most unhappy. They decide to take a hand and proceed to give poor Rollin a royal western trouncing, much to his discomfiture and pain, and the next day he makes a hurried departure for the east and peace. Mary is broken-hearted and Lem over-joyed, thinking he may again renew their engagement, but Mary informs him that her future husband must have a college education. Lem leaves for college and lands in the hands of his enemies. He discovers he is attending the same college as Mary's city friend, Rollin, and the latter plans that he will now get even. College days are rough ones and the boys play many pranks on Lem, but he has his ever-ready gun and succeeds most of the time in getting away all whole. Finally he tires of the gay life and decides that if he must do without Mary, it is better than to go through the misery of college education. He jumps a freight train with the boys in pursuit and finally arrives in his little home town and is given a royal welcome by all the cowboys. Later, when he is sufficiently recovered from his many bruises and aches, he dresses in his best suit and sallies forth to meet the worst, for he feels Mary is no longer his, as his education has been brief. But glad tidings await him and Mary is so very glad to see him that she tells him she will marry only him.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Al Christie | Director |
| Al Christie | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Eddie Lyons | |
| Betty Compson | |
| Lee Moran | |
| Neal Burns |
