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Percy the Cowboy (1910)
Short | Comedy, Short

Percy the Cowboy (1910)

Short | Comedy, Short

Percy is a ladies' man, the sort of chap the girls think real cute but who makes real men excessively weary. Percy has that effect upon his prospective father-in-law, who promptly runs Percy out of the parlor when he catches him making ...See morePercy is a ladies' man, the sort of chap the girls think real cute but who makes real men excessively weary. Percy has that effect upon his prospective father-in-law, who promptly runs Percy out of the parlor when he catches him making love and commands the butler to throw him the rest of the way out of the house, a task the butler performs with a thoroughness and evident enjoyment of the job that does not conduce to Percy's comfort of mind or body. But father is soft of heart where daughter is concerned and he sends a note to Percy informing him that if he will go west for two years and make a man of himself he can marry the girl of his choice. Percy is delighted and togs himself out in glad raiment that would make even a stage cowboy shriek with delight. To a khaki riding suit he adds the sweetest bow and his sombrero is decked with a scarf that looks like a rainbow on a three-day drunk. A huge holster houses a tiny revolver better suited to the watch chain and a dainty bow of pink ribbon gives to it an artistic touch that a .44 completely lacks. Bravely he bids farewell to his admiring sweetheart and promises not to kill any more men that he absolutely has to. Out on Curly S ranch the Boss gets a letter from his eastern friend announcing Percy's advent and the riders scent some fun, though they do not then realize how great will be their joy. The foreman drives off to the station to meet the expected guest, but is taken aback when Percy minces along the platform and gushingly greets him and some of the station loungers. They start for the ranch and Percy gets his first taste of roughing it, for the buggy has poor springs and the rocks in the road are so thick that they have to lie on top of each other. To add to his distress there is no top to the buggy and he is getting frightfully tanned. The punchers make him welcome and when Percy proudly displays his gun they go wild with delight. One of the men shoots a companion with it and the latter gets quite cross when he finds it out. Meanwhile they are making things pleasant for Percy and by way of training him for the buck jumpers they ride him on a rail, a ride that ends up on the bank of the river where Percy has to swim for it. Two years later the eastern sweetheart is delighted to get a letter telling her that Percy is due to arrive almost as soon as the note. Father does not share her joy at the prospect of having "that thing" around again and is frank to say so. A commotion in the hall rouses them and the servants with upheld hands come backing in, the chef, the butler, the housekeeper, the chambermaid and all the others. Bringing up in the rear is an alert and reliant young fellow with springy stride and erect carriage. He chases the servants out and there is a joyous reunion. Then it occurs to Percy that he and father ought to have a little talk. Father is not in a conversational mood and he has taken refuge behind a table, but Percy makes one grab for him and Father comes in a hurry. As well as he can with the black muzzle of a six shooter half way down his throat, he utters the conventional "Bless you, my children," and when the first shock is over he is rather proud of the result of his experiment. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Noah Reynolds Percy the Cowboy Percy the Cowboy See fewer	Making a Man of Him (1910)
Ethel Elder Percy's Sweetheart Percy's Sweetheart See fewer	The Mystery (1912)
Harry Myers Percy's Prospective Father-in-Law Percy's Prospective Father-in-Law See fewer	City Lights (1931)
Arthur Hotaling Actor (as H.D. Hotaling) Actor (as H.D. Hotaling) See fewer	It Happened on Wash Day (1915)
Harry Coleman Actor Actor See fewer	Mike the Housemaid (1910)