A Romance of Billy Goat Hill


1916

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 9, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Hegan Rice (New York, 1912).

Synopsis

In a Southern town, Don Morley is apparently the sole witness to a gunfight during which his friend, Lee Dillingham, badly wounds Sheely. To avoid testifying against Lee, Don leaves town, but after he is gone, Lee double-crosses Don and blames him for the shooting. Then, Don's sweetheart, Miss Lady, heartbroken to learn that Don is a criminal, marries the elderly Professor Querrington. To take her mind off her mundane marriage, Miss Lady befriends a mute boy and pays for an operation that restores his speech. The professor dies, and soon after Don, unaware of his alleged guilt, returns to town to find himself charged with Lee's crime. A guilty verdict in his trial seems assured until Miss Lady's young friend, now able to speak, announces that he too had witnessed the gunfight, and that it was Lee who wounded Sheely. Then, with his name cleared and his sweetheart once again single, Don marries Miss Lady.

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 9, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Hegan Rice (New York, 1912).

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