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His Hereafter
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by F. Richard Jones
Cast: Charles Murray [the sheriff], Louise Fazenda [the saloon owner’s daughter], Harry Booker [the saloon owner], Wayland Trask [the tenderfoot], Myrtle Lind [the tenderfoot’s city sweetheart], Pat Kelley (Patrick Kelley) [the sweetheart’s father], Edgar Kennedy [the bouncer]
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. From a screen story by F. Richard Jones. / Released 6 February 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Murray’s Mix-up.
Comedy: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Wayland Trask starts for the west to make his fortune. He is in love with Myrtle Lind, but Pat Kelley, the father, lays down the law that Wayland must make good before he gets the girl. Trask hits the typical wild and woolly western town. Harry Booker is the diminutive but droll proprietor of the gambling house and Ed Kennedy is his husky bouncer. Booker has a daughter, Louise Fazenda, who is much sought after. Money changes hands rapidly in faro and other games of chance. Finally a fight starts and shots are fired in all directions, while the excited crowd makes laughable attempts to seek shelter. Charles Murray is the sheriff and struts around displaying his badge, until trouble starts, when he makes himself scarce. His idea of keeping the peace is to keep out of trouble personally. Trask has exciting scenes with Louise Fazenda. There are pathetic moments, when the girl excites the sympathies of the audience, but they are quickly followed by some amusing occurrences in which Murray or Booker figure. Masked men hold up a stage and there is a hot fight between the bandits and the passengers. Then there is a storm with lightning flashing incessantly and water falling in torrents.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Gambling
Listing updated: 29 October 2022.
References: Lahue-Kops pp. 103, 156-157 : Website-IMDb.
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