The Hero of the Hour
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Raymond Wells
Director
Jack Mulhall
Billy Brooks
Wadsworth Harris
Brooks, Sr.
Fritzie Ridgeway
Mildred Nebeker
Eugene Owen
Nebeker
Fred Burns
Foreman
Film Details
Release Date
Apr
23,
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
Synopsis
Billy Brooks, who exhibits an effeminate personality, leaves his Wall Street magnate father and goes on the road as a perfume salesman. In an effort to cure his son of his womanly ways, Brooks, Sr. wires Nebeker, an old rancher friend, to kidnap Billy from the train and "make a man of him." Billy gets wind of the trick and, enlisting the cowboys on his side, pretends to become a lawless bandit. After faking a few killings, Billy kidnaps Nebeker's daughter Mildred. Brooks, Sr. is summoned, and when he arrives, he learns that it was all a ruse to prove that his son was a "real man." His manhood no longer in question, Billy is forgiven and marries Mildred.
Director
Raymond Wells
Director
Cast
Jack Mulhall
Billy Brooks
Wadsworth Harris
Brooks, Sr.
Fritzie Ridgeway
Mildred Nebeker
Eugene Owen
Nebeker
Fred Burns
Foreman
M. K. Wilson
Mexican
Grace Maclean
Juanita
Noble Johnson
Indian
Film Details
Release Date
Apr
23,
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
