A Western Courtship (1912)
The Reynolds family, consisting of mother, her son Bill and daughter Louise, live on a tidy ranch outside of Tucson. Mrs. Reynolds is ill and Mary Wills, a trained nurse, has been engaged to care for the sick woman. Bill is attracted by the pretty nurse and quickly falls in love with her. Bill, however, does not wish to allow his sister the same privilege, for he has forbidden her to meet Tom Jones, a neighboring ranchman, whose affection is warmly returned by Louise. Bill has no particular reason for his grouch toward Tom. Louise, considering that her brother has no right to interfere in what she regards as strictly a matter of her own, pays no attention to him, but continues to meet her lover without Bill's knowledge. Coming unexpectedly upon the couple one day, Bill, who has a devil of a temper, draws his gun and shoots Tom. The latter falls, apparently dead. Finding it impossible to revive the injured man, Bill sends Louise to the ranch house for Mary, thinking her medical skill may be of some avail. Bill waits beside Tom for her return. Louise rides until her horse goes lame. The case seems desperate till she sees standing outside a wayside saloon, a bunch of horses, one of which she takes and hastens on with it. The horse she has taken belongs to Tony, Tom's Mexican friend, who, upon finding the horse missing, starts in pursuit with his friends. Louise eludes her pursuers by a clever ruse, gets Mary and both start at once to return to the wounded man. In the meantime, Tony and his party have come across the scene of the shooting, and believing Tom dead, they determine to lynch Bill. Sheriff Watkins, however, who is riding by, interrupts the lynching, but when informed of Bill's deed, takes the entire party back to the scene of the shooting. Much to the surprise of everybody, the supposedly dead man is sitting up and getting along well under the care of Mary and Louise. The sheriff offers to arrest Bill if Tom says so, but Tom refuses to prosecute and Bill can do no less than withdraw his objection to Tom marrying his sister.
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GenresRomance
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Western
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Romaine Fielding | Director |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Romaine Fielding | |
| Adele Lane | |
| Burton L. King | |
| Edna Payne |
