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Broncho Billy’s Squareness
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Broncho Billy Anderson (Gilbert M. Anderson)
Cast: Broncho Billy Anderson (Gilbert M. Anderson) [Broncho Billy], Marguerite Clayton [Grace Woodward], True Boardman [Sheriff Carl Underwood], Fred Church [Earl Briggs], Evelyn Selbie [the sheriff’s sister], Frank Pementel [the deputy], Emory Johnson, Frank Dolan, Victor Potel, Bill Cato, Josephine Rector, Joe Cassidy, Stanley Sargent, Spider Roach, Jack Wood (Jack Woods), Mervyn A. Breslauer
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Broncho Billy Anderson (Gilbert M. Anderson). / Released 6 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Earl Briggs, a ranchman, and Carl Underwood, a sheriff, are in love with Grace Woodward. Earl is the favored suitor and in time Grace becomes engaged to hire. Sometime later the stage is held up by Broncho Billy, a notorious outlaw. A fierce battle ensues in the woods between the posse and the bandit, in which Broncho Billy is wounded, Briggs, returning to his home, finds the wounded man and takes him to his shack, where he gives him first aid. A few weeks pass and Broncho Billy regains his health. Before departing from Briggs, he gives him a gold locket in appreciation of his kindness. The sheriff’s sister recognizes the locket as her own, and Informs her brother, who places Briggs under arrest. Broncho Billy sees Briggs being led to jail and promptly gives himself up to the law, saving the innocent man from disgrace, Grace marries Briggs, and Broncho Billy is left to face the court of justice.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 July 2020.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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