Broncho Billy's Protégé

Broncho Billy's Protégé (1915) blends Western elements. Top cast includes Gilbert M. Anderson, Marguerite Clayton, and Lee Willard. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Gilbert M. Anderson

Broncho Billy, engaged to the girl, becomes jealous of a newcomer, and in remorse, gets intoxicated. He takes hack the girl's ring and frightens the tenderfoot out of a general store. Mounting his horse he pursues his frightened rival and, after many miles of galloping, overtakes him and brings him back to town, where he flings him in the girl's arms, saying, "Here's your tender foot. Try and make a man of him." Two years later, her husband dead, the wife is at the point of death, half-starved and with a small child to care for.