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It Happened in the West (1911)
Short | Drama, Short, Western

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It Happened in the West (1911)

Short | Drama, Short, Western

Gordon Deveran drifts to Arizona, where he married a young Indian woman. The years rolled by and his elder brother died. Among his papers were found proofs that cleared Gordon's name, and his mother sent a solicitor out to bring him home. ...See moreGordon Deveran drifts to Arizona, where he married a young Indian woman. The years rolled by and his elder brother died. Among his papers were found proofs that cleared Gordon's name, and his mother sent a solicitor out to bring him home. At first Gordon refused, but the solicitor, working on the poor Indian woman's better nature, succeeded in prevailing upon her to give him up for his own and the boy's sake. But in agony of love, she fastened one little moccasin of her boy's in his breast and kept the other. Gordon found the other (the one she had fastened in little Jack's shirt) when well on his way, and it made him suspect the truth, but it was too late; the prodigal returned to his mother's arms and forgiveness. Years passed and young Jack was given his twenty-first birthday party. Sir Gordon felt that the time had come at last to tell the boy of his origin, that he could no longer withhold the truth; and sadly he told him all, giving him the little moccasin. Poor Jack was stunned by the blow. What effect would it have upon his sweetheart? But first he made his father tell him all, and reproached him bitterly for his neglect of his mother. Even as they talked, the squaw wife, now wrinkled, haggard and old, lay dying at the old house in Arizona, holding the tiny moccasin to her lips; a strange and sad contrast to the luxurious surroundings of her husband and boy. That night as they walked in the garden after the dance, Jack told his sweetheart of his origin and she was shocked in spite of herself. The poor fellow saw the truth, that she could not sully her lineage, and that they must part. In anguish of mind he determined to go out to American and find his mother. Despite his father's entreaties, he went away. Arrives at the old ranch, he found a friend in an old Indian who took him to his mother's grave, and there among others of her tribe he found the call of his blood urging him to new sympathies and a new peace. He learned from a maiden how his mother had loved him and had died with his little moccasin at her lips; and now it was Sir Gordon's turn to feel the heart-hungriness that his poor Indian wife had known for so many weary years. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Hobart Bosworth The Squaw Man The Squaw Man See fewer	The Sea Wolf (1913)
Eugenie Besserer Prologue Prologue See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
Jeanne Pardee Prologue Prologue See fewer	A Cup of Cold Water (1911)
Frank Clark Prologue (as Frank M. Clark) Prologue (as Frank M. Clark) See fewer	The Light of Western Stars (1918)
Anna Dodge Actress Actress See fewer	The White Medicine Man (I) (1911)
Frank Garcia Actor Actor See fewer	A Cup of Cold Water (1911)
Betty Harte Actress Actress See fewer	The 'Epidemic' in Paradise Gulch (1912)
Herbert Rawlinson Actor Actor See fewer	The Flame Fighter (1925)
Iva Shepard Actress Actress See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
Fred Huntley Actor Actor See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Elaine Davis Actress Actress See fewer	The Coquette (1911)
Frank Richardson Actor Actor See fewer	George Warrington's Escape (1911)