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Roped In
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Lester Cuneo [Jim Harris, the cowboy], Myrtle Stedman [Cynthia, the girl], Frank Higgins, Victor Frith, Mr. Morris, S.L. DeLong, Mr. Williamson
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. / Released 26 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Jim Harris, weary of the rough and rowdy ways of cowboys, concludes to settle, and replies to a matrimonial advertisement. The boys get wise and poke fun at him, but when the lady’s picture arrives he becomes an immediate object of envy. He quickly sends her transportation and moving funds, and puts on all the fixings to meet her. When the fair Cynthia steps from the coach, instead of showing eighteen summers, she is decrepit from fifty frosty winters. Her heart, however, is warm and pulsive and she makes love to Jim in a way that abashes that rough rider. The boys disguise as highwaymen, attempt his abduction, but Cynthia thwarts their well-meant effort by securing his release at the point of a revolver. He is weary of her endearments, however, and when he finds the cook with a trap full of live mice he induces him to turn them loose in Cynthia’s room. This so frightens and disgusts the ancient maiden that she decides to leave the ranch at once and relinquish all claims.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 October 2023.
References: Website-IMDb.
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