Unclaimed Goods


1918

Brief Synopsis

A girl's father cannot afford a train ticket, so he ships his daughter by Wells Fargo & Co. Express. He loses his money to a villain and cannot claim his "shipment." The villain attempts to claim her, but the Wells Fargo agent foils the plot and claims her himself.

Film Details

Release Date
Apr 15, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Unclaimed Goods" by Johnston McCulley in Argosy (6 Oct 1917).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Because Sheriff Burke is too short of cash to pay his daughter Betsey's train fare to the Western mining town of Gold Center, he sends her as a C.O.D. package on the Wells Fargo Express. Gold Center having been taken over by "Gentleman Joe" Slade's gang of outlaws, her Uncle Murphy confesses that he has lost everything and cannot pay Betsey's shipping charges. Labelled "unclaimed goods," Betsey is placed in the care of express agent Danny Donegan, who attempts to protect her from Slade. When Slade, however, claims that, according to Wells Fargo's rules, unclaimed goods must be sold at a public auction within three days, she is put on the block. Slade is about to bid when the "Cocopah Kid," who admires Betsey, enters the room shooting. At that moment, Sheriff Burke, whom the Kid telegraphed, arrives with a posse, and both Slade and the Kid lose their lives in the fracas. Saddened by the Kid's death, Betsey is nonetheless comforted by Danny's love.

Film Details

Release Date
Apr 15, 1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Unclaimed Goods" by Johnston McCulley in Argosy (6 Oct 1917).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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Notes

Additional cast credits entered in semi-legible handwriting in a scenario in the Paramount Studio records were Wm. Mace (possibly William Mack) as "Pap" Polk and H. Kelsey as the express car agent.