When the Sheriff Got His Man (1911)
Music may have charms to soothe the savage breast, but the melting glance of a woman's eye hath charms to do the rest, that is, all the rest necessary to the capture of the savage, his enslavement and so on. And so it happened that Alice, the ranchman's daughter, caught and held in durance vile the heart of the new sheriff, Ben Humphries. The parents of Alice liked Ben and were pleased that he showed a preference for their daughter, but Ben's desperate efforts at love-making caused them the greatest amusement in the world. The girl wasn't a flirt, but she certainly did lead Ben a pace, and he danced to her every whim like a trained bear in a circus ring. Finally he sends her a note by a Chink telling her he must get an answer from her to his numerous proposals, and he fixes the place where, next day, she must meet him with the precious assurance. Alice decides to give in at last to Ben, for she loves him dearly, so she repairs to the trysting place. But, alas! he is not there. At a dance given by her parents in her honor, she flirts desperately with a handsome rascal, out of spite, and this man was Jack London, an outlaw, on whose account Ben Humphries did not show up at the trysting place. He had received hurried word to get after this fellow at the last moment, and he followed his duty. He had, however, sent her an explanatory note by the Chink, but the Oriental had carelessly thrown it in the fire. Ben had got to his man, but the bad man had gotten the "drop" on Ben good and proper, wounding and tying him to a tree. Thus it was that Jack London was at the dance, and Ben was not. But Ben came in "unexpected like," to the bad man in the midst of the flirting, and to the girl's surprise, the outlaw dove through a window, and the Sheriff after him. Then, what a chase, with Ben and the crowd in pursuit! He gave them all the slip but Ben, who got after Jack London hot foot, and got him for fair this time, after a thrilling fight, which would have proved disastrous for Ben had not Alice come up and helped things a bit by putting a gun to the outlaw's head. Still, she was angry with Ben, and no explanations would go either, but Mr. John Chinaman came along with the remnants of the note, which cleared Ben and gladdened both in a bear-like hug.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
