Name: A Black Sheep
Released: 1915
Cast: Otis Harlan, Rita Gould, Grace Darmond, John Charles, James Bradbury

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Oct 18, 1915

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Selig Polyscope Co.; A Selig Red Seal Play

Distribution Company

V-L-S-E, Inc.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the musical farce A Black Sheep and How It Came to Washington by Charles H. Hale (New York, 6 Jan 1896).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

5 reels

Synopsis

When a burlesque troupe arrives in Tombstone, Arizona, Goodrich Mudd, a miner known as "Black Sheep" who lolls in a hammock while his partner Underdog toils, falls in love with Lida, the show's featured attraction. While they dine with money Mudd won playing poker with the troupe's manager, the rest of the troupe's money is stolen, and the troupe's wardrobe is attached by the hotelkeeper. Mudd learns that he will inherit two million dollars if, within ninety days, he moves to the Mudd's Chicago mansion, becomes cultured, puts a wreath on his grandfather's grave, and marries his cousin Ada. If she refuses, he may marry someone else; however, if he fails to comply with the terms of the will, his cousin Percy will get the fortune. After the troupe and townsfolk force Mudd to accept the challenge, Ada, Percy's fiancée, plots to string Mudd along until the last day and then refuse him. Mudd courts Ada, learns culture from Lord and Lady Small Talk, and places a wreath in the water in Lincoln Park where his grandfather drowned. He is kidnapped by two female crooks hired by Percy, but escapes and marries Lida at the last moment.