The Pretender
Cast & Crew
Cliff Smith
William Desmond
Ethel Fleming
Eugene Burr
Joseph J. Franz
C. E. Thurston
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Synopsis
After Bob Baldwin is fired for playing too many jokes on the tenderfoot owner of the Diamond K Ranch, he sets out for the nearby town of Freloe Beanos and meets Percival Longstreet on the way. Percival has been seriously injured in an accident and is therefore unable to assume his duties as the town's new schoolmaster. Distressed, Percival confesses that he and his sister Dolly, who is en route to the town, are doomed to starve, which so moves Bob that he agrees to serve as the schoolmaster during Percival's convalescence. Although the uneducated cowboy suffers great discomfort in the classroom, he pleases the town authorities and charms Dolly, who soon falls in love with her supposed brother. Actor Otheloe Actwell becomes jealous of Dolly's affections for Bob, and upon discovering that the cowboy is an impostor, he has Bob fired. Soon afterwards, Bob prevents Actwell from robbing the box office, whereupon the townspeople elect him the new sheriff.
Director
Cliff Smith
Cast
William Desmond
Ethel Fleming
Eugene Burr
Joseph J. Franz
C. E. Thurston
Graham Pettie
Percy Challenger
Walter Perkins
Joe Singleton
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