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According to Hoyle
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: David Butler [‘Boxcar’ Simmons], Helen Ferguson [Doris Mead], Phil Ford [Jim Mead], Fred J. Butler [Dude Miller], Harry Todd [Jim Riggs], Buddy Ross [Silent Johnson], Hal Wilson [the hotel bellboy]
David Butler Productions production; distributed on State Rights basis by Western Pictures Exploitation Company. / Scenario by John B. Clymer, from a screen story by Clyde C. Westover and Lottie Horner. Cinematography by Arthur Todd. Presented by Louis Burston. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film received a New York state exhibition license on 6 May 1922.
Comedy-Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 24 June 1922, page 736] “Boxcar” Simmons, a tramp, represents himself as a mining millionaire in a small town. The population accepts him at his own valuation, and two of the town’s ‘slickers’ make desperate efforts to “take him for his roll.” One of their schemes is to sell him a worthless ranch, but he turns the tables on them by making them believe that the ranch is a veritable bed of silver ore, and then, after they buy it he presents the major part of the proceeds to the girl who owns the place and with whom he had fallen in love.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 February 2023.
References: FilmYearBook-1923 p. 41 : Website-AFI.
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