The Desert Man (1917)

ALL 04/22/1917 (en) Western 50 Min
  • Release
    04/22/1917
  • Production
    New York Motion Picture, Kay-Bee Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Desert Man
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

William S. Hart directs and stars in a film that is a typical Western of the era. He plays Jim, a prospector who lands in the town of Broken Hope, and the name pretty much describes its inhabitants. Jim meets and falls in love with Jennie (Margery Wilson), whose father (Walt Whitman) is gravely ill. Jim rounds up a reluctant doctor from another town to tend to the old man, but he dies anyway. The doctor, however, gains Jennie's trust and she runs off with him. Only then does he tell her he's already married. She leaves immediately, but is too proud to go home so she finds work as a dance hall girl at Tacoma Jake's saloon. Jim, meanwhile, finds gold near Broken Hope, which raises its inhabitants' attitudes considerably. But the bad element is still there, and Jim is chasing after a group of kidnappers when he enters Tacoma Jake's saloon and sees Jennie. Jim not only overcomes the bad guys, he gets the girl, too.

  1. William S. Hart

    Director

  2. Martin Brown

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Thomas H. Ince

    Producer



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The Desert Man (1917) 50 Min

ALL 04/22/1917 (en)
Western
  • Release 04/22/1917
  • Production
    New York Motion Picture, Kay-Bee Pictures
  • Original title The Desert Man
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

William S. Hart directs and stars in a film that is a typical Western of the era. He plays Jim, a prospector who lands in the town of Broken Hope, and the name pretty much describes its inhabitants. Jim meets and falls in love with Jennie (Margery Wilson), whose father (Walt Whitman) is gravely ill. Jim rounds up a reluctant doctor from another town to tend to the old man, but he dies anyway. The doctor, however, gains Jennie's trust and she runs off with him. Only then does he tell her he's already married. She leaves immediately, but is too proud to go home so she finds work as a dance hall girl at Tacoma Jake's saloon. Jim, meanwhile, finds gold near Broken Hope, which raises its inhabitants' attitudes considerably. But the bad element is still there, and Jim is chasing after a group of kidnappers when he enters Tacoma Jake's saloon and sees Jennie. Jim not only overcomes the bad guys, he gets the girl, too.

  1. William S. Hart

    Director

  2. Martin Brown

    Story

  3. Editor

  4. Thomas H. Ince

    Producer