by Hans J. Wollstein
synopsis
In this charming silent western parody, former stage comedian Billy Jim (Fred Stone, the scarecrow in the original Broadway version of The Wizard of Oz) masquerades as a cowboy to infiltrate a gang of crooks pursuing a lovely mine owner (Millicent Fisher). A sort of poor man's Will Rogers (complete with homilies and a drawl), Stone would have more success in the sound era.
characteristics
- Men
- Mine
- Mining
- Man
- Girl
- Claim-jumpers
- Cowboy
- Cowgirl
- Camp
