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A Ranch Romance
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Seymour Hastings
Cast: Murdock MacQuarrie [Jack Deering], Agnes Vernon [Kate Preston], Lon Chaney [Raphael Praz], Seymour Hastings [John Preson], Edgar Keller [Don Jose Praz]
Nestor Film Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Seymour Hastings. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? John Preston, ranch owner, owes a large sum of money to Don Jose Praz. The Don's rascal son, Raphael, with the aid of an accomplice, steals some of Preston's cattle. Raphael loves Kate Preston and urges his father to press the matter of the notes as a lever to win Preston's consent to the marriage. Kate's heart, however, belongs to the foreman, Jack Deering. Unable to force Preston's consent, Raphael kidnaps the girl and carries her to a lone cabin. Game as every Western girl who has ridden the free plains, Kate fights him, but the villain's strength beats her down. The girl's horse has meanwhile run home. Jack, accompanied by the cowboys, starts on the trail. He arrives at the cabin and, after a death duel with the Mexican, kills him as the cowboys come up.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 21 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 100; Weaver-Twenty p. 76 : Website-IMDb.
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