Big Jim of the Sierras (1913)
Big Jim scrawls on a piece of birch-bark, "There ain't no law in those mountings but Big Jim, that's me. Git. Last call. Big Jim." He tacks this to a blasted pine with a big thorn and it attracts, the following morning, the attention of the curious mountaineers that pass down the winding road, and they read it with significant grins. Among others who come that way, is Travers, a Secret Service Man, who has been sent to that locality for the purpose of discovering and arresting the individual who is avoiding revenue tax. Unfortunately, the sympathy of the inhabitants is largely with the whiskey runners. Jean is a mountain girl beloved by Big Jim, who has attracted the attention and admiration of Travers. However, his stern sense of duty does not allow him to falter for sentiment. "The Mountain Telegraph" is a quick working institution so that expressions pass around about as quickly as if they were put through "via wireless." Jean visits Jim in his secluded cabin, and tells him relative to his ukase, "He didn't scare worth a cent, Jim," which means that Travers is not going to "git" out of the mountains and will remain relentlessly on the job. The scene flashes again to the open, showing Big Jim a human sandwich between two demijohns, and Travers, like a panther, on his track. Jim, however, can shoot some, and he "lays" for the revenuer, and after drawing his fire, knocks him insensible. He binds his victim to a tree, overhanging a canon, and then begins severing the rope bonds with the bullets from his deadly gun. Jean is attracted to the place by the noise, intervenes, and saves Travers as he is about to be dashed in the depths below. So obligations and honors are even and all is well.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Edward LeSaint | Director |
| William E. Wing | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Guy Oliver | |
| Stella Razeto | |
| Henry Otto | |
| Scott R. Dunlap |
