Ranson's Folly
Cast & Crew
Sidney Olcott
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Mackaill
Anders Randolf
Pat Hartigan
William Norton Bailey
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Synopsis
Lieutenant Ranson, an adventuresome United States Army officer, finds life dreary at his outpost on the western frontier, though he is in love with Mary Cahill. Ranson decides to hold up the stagecoach as a harmless prank, disguised as the "Red Rider," a notorious bandit; in the stage are a Miss Post and her aunt, coming to visit Colonel Bolland. Ranson doubles back to the post, dons his dress uniform, and claims a dance with Miss Post. Word arrives that the paymaster, following the stage, has been shot by the "Red Rider" after the stage holdup; and concluding that Ranson is guilty, military police arrest him and confine him to his quarters, where he is visited by Mary, who alone believes him innocent. At the court-martial Mary's father gives evidence against Ranson; and realizing that he might be freed at Cahill's expense, Ranson pleads guilty. When Cahill discovers his daughter's love for Ranson, he confesses, but word is received of the guilty party's capture elsewhere. The course of true love is cleared.
Director
Sidney Olcott
Cast
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy Mackaill
Anders Randolf
Pat Hartigan
William Norton Bailey
Brooks Benedict
Col. C. C. Smith, U.s.a.
Pauline Neff
Billie Bennett
Frank Coffyn
Capt. John S. Peters, U.s.a.
Taylor Duncan
Jack Fowler
E. W. Corman
Bud Pope
Forrest Seabury
Chief Eagle Wing
Chief Big Tree
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Notes
Edison Mfg. Co. produced a two-reel adaptation of Richard Harding Davis's novel and play in 1910, starring William J. Sorelle. Another feature adaptation was produced by Thomas A. Edison Co. in 1915, directed by Richard Ridgley and starring Edward Earle (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1911-20).
