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Broncho Billy’s Fatal Joke
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Broncho Billy Anderson (Gilbert M. Anderson) [Broncho Billy], Carl Stockdale [the old prospector], Marguerite Clayton [Marguerite, the old prospector’s daughter], True Boardman [one of Billy’s friend], Bill Cato [the store clerk], Victor Potel [the doctor], Lee Willard, Fred Windemere
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 8 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [ ?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Broncho Billy, a prospector, receives an offer of one hundred thousand dollars for his claim. The offer is overheard by Rundell, another prospector, and he proposes to sell his claim also. Broncho Billy hearing of this, plans a joke. He places gold in the blasting hole at Rundell’s claim, and when the old prospector blasts he is so delighted at his good fortune that he falls dead from heart failure. Broncho Billy sends a note to Marguerite, Rundell’s daughter, telling her the sad fate of her father, and realizing that he was the cause of all the sadness, changes the signs on the claims, she thinking that Broncho Billy’s claim belonged to her father. He then notifies the Consolidated Mining Co. that he does not wish to sell. When he sees the girl’s sweet face, he falls in love with her.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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