The Man Within (1916)
Directed by Tom Mix
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Synopsis by Janiss Garza
Cowboy star Tom Mix graduated from one-reelers to three-reelers with this picture. When ranch foreman Tom Melford (Mix) becomes engaged to Vi Gatlin (Victoria Forde), her father -- the ranch's owner (Pat Chrisman) -disowns her. They have a baby, but it becomes ill while Tom is away working a round up. Tom, who has a drinking problem, goes off on a bender and only later on hears that his child has died. Vi's father still won't take her in, so she finds work as a cook in a saloon. Tom decides to quit drinking once and for all and finds a gold mine. After registering it he goes in search of Vi and arrives just in time to save her from some bandits.