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  • A Message from the West (1911)
  • Short | Short, Western
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A Message from the West (1911)
Short | Short, Western
A year has elapsed since Owen Martin had taken unto himself a wife, the charming Mary Merriman. How rosy and promising the future looked then! Now, however, the young folks are facing eviction and starvation. No money, no work and, to cap ...See moreA year has elapsed since Owen Martin had taken unto himself a wife, the charming Mary Merriman. How rosy and promising the future looked then! Now, however, the young folks are facing eviction and starvation. No money, no work and, to cap the climax, a little mite of humanity comes to share the poverty of this luckless household. Despairing, Owen wanders into the street, thence to a saloon. Wild-eyed, he looks around. Strange that his wife and babe should suffer the pangs of hunger, while here everybody seems to have plenty of money to throw away on cards, drinks and the likes. A dollar bill lies temptingly on the counter. Mechanically Owen reaches for it, and in the fight that follows, he manages to floor his opponents and dash out of the place. A motley crowd pursues him to the river front, where with all avenues of escape cut off, the hunted man dives into the water. Some of the pursuers dash in after him, but, search as they might, the rash man, or his body, cannot be found. In due time, Bill Merriman, a wealthy ranch owner and uncle of the widowed Mary, hears of her sad plight. He promptly sends her a substantial check, with the request that she and the baby leave for the west at once. At the little station in the distant western village, Mary is met by Uncle Bill. While on the way to the ranch, the horse suddenly takes fright and runs madly away. The carriage is finally overturned, and Mary receives painful injuries. Things straighten out splendidly in the end, even to the miraculous reappearance of Owen, the husband, who after eluding his hunters, had managed to skip west, where he's now living happily with Mary and the baby. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated Jul 5, 1911
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Jul 5, 1911 (United States)

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