The Ranchman and the Miser (1910)
Horatio Wright, railroad magnate and banker, accompanied by his wife and daughter Olive, is traveling in the west. Incidentally the charm of the open country appeals to the girl. With her brother as companion she goes out strolling on the rocks one fine morning. The nature of the ground being very uneven, she twists her ankle and at the same time drops her pocketbook. Happening along at the instant, Peter Print, an old miser in the locality, picks up the purse, and, unnoticed by the girl, makes off with it. Unfortunately for him, however, his parsimonious nature is rudely jolted by the timely interruption of Fred Mann, son of a neighboring ranchman, who, having been lounging in the vicinity, is a witness to the occurrence, and now prevents the pilfering of the purse and restores it to the young lady. This act wins the gratitude of the Wrights, and being a young fellow of rather prepossessing appearance, they invite him to call at the hotel where they are stopping. He becomes a constant visitor and eventually proposes to the girl and is accepted. Being of poor parentage, however, he deplores the fact to his parents that he hasn't enough money to even buy the girl a ring. The ranchman, his father, in sympathy with his son, resorts to the old miser, to whom he gives a note for a loan of money. The note becomes due and the ranchman cannot meet it, and being pressed by the miser, he becomes desperate. While visiting the Wrights he is attracted by a diamond brooch lying on the table. He is ordinarily an honest man, but the hand of temptation presenting an easy exit from his difficulties, he snatches it up and redeems his note with the old money lender. Subsequently the jewel is missed and Fred is accused of the theft. The welfare of the boy being uppermost in his mind, this object, which has led him to wrongdoing, now decides him to vindicate his son at his own cost. In the interim the miser has become convinced that the jewel is bogus, and working himself into a frenzied fit, goes in search of the ranchman. He finds him in the banker's apartments, where he is about to confess the theft. Clutching the diamond, the old man with distorted features is about to rush at the ranchman when he falls dead of heart failure, and with the recovery of the jewel the guilt settles upon the dead man. The banker, having recovered the jewel, will hear no more about it and apologizes to Fred for the grievous mistake, thereby saving the ranchman's honor and to the son his sweetheart.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
