Three outlaws fleeing a posse through the desert come upon a dying woman and her baby in a wagon. Before she passes away, she makes the men promise to take care of her baby and get it safely through the desert.
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Harry Carey as Bob Sangster
Stella LeSaint as Ruby Merrill
George Berrell as Tim Gibbons
Joe Rickson as Rusty Conners
Jack Hoxie as Sheriff Pete Cushing
Frank Lanning as Bill Kearny
J.F. Briscoe as Johnny Pell
Edward LeSaint Director
Edward LeSaint Scenario Writer
Harvey Gates Scenario Writer
Peter B. Kyne Novel
The 3 Godfathers Trailer
United States 18 June 1916
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16 September 1917
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20 October 1924
When his wife is killed by the evil Marques de Bazan, Spanish army officer Dorando becomes a notorious outlaw known as El Bandolero.
06 January 1917
The sheriff, Dan Beckham, and his deputy, Bud Cameron, are posting signs offering a reward for the capture of Cheyenne Harry, accused of holding up a Wells Fargo shipment.
24 April 1913
Jim had been away a long time. Pretty Marjie dressed herself in her very best when she heard that the boys had gone to the station to bring home the college chap.
24 May 1910
One of a multitude of short Westerns directed by D.W. Griffith in the early days of film has the distinction of being the screen debut of Western star Harry Carey in a minor role.
13 May 1928
Rival telephone crews are in a race to be the first to connect telephone service between Rawlings and Cheynne, Wyoming.
01 May 1915
Out of the talk at the Sportsmen's Club arises a wager between the globe-trotter and his friend, who bets that he will not be able, within a fixed time, to find his way out of an isolated mountain location to which he will lead him.
02 October 1921
Ranchers Bess Lynne and her invalid brother, Harold, seek the services of a competent foreman. Duke, of the "Bar Nothin'" ranch, rides into town and takes the job.
12 July 1915
The new foreman falls in love with the ranchman's daughter, and notes with jealousy her joy over a letter which her father receives.
22 February 1915
With a price upon his head. Texas Pete takes to the open country.
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04 December 1916
Jim Blake, the playboy son of a New York millionaire, heads west to prove himself a man. He goes to work on his father's ranch in Wyoming, and eventually wins over the locals by turning the tables on a town bully and trying to collect damages from a railroad magnate, whose trains have killed many of the Blake ranch's cattle.
22 January 1916
"The Open Track" is a short action film from the action series of short films "The Hazards of Helen".
17 September 1916
An narcissistic woman with the ability to charm, Leila Aradella reaps delight from preying upon weak men.
21 October 1916
Accused of stealing the annual report of the Great Western Railroad Dick Olney is discharged though it was really the president’s secretary Hodges who took it to sell information to the opposition.
12 November 1916
Rube's and Ben's wives are waitresses. An art collector purchases a rare picture and the "picture pirate," representing himself as another collector, calls on the first collector.
01 December 1916
Molly Bawn. British silent drama movie. Directed by Cecil M Hepworth. Starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome an Violet Hopson.
02 January 1916
Illustrated travel lecture directed by Robert J. Flaherty, composed of film shot during his time with the Inuit in 1914-1915.
28 August 1916
When Doris Baker spends her husband Dick into serious debt, he embezzles funds from the bank where he works to cover some speculative investments.
12 August 1916
Prof. Alonzo Bozzle, an eccentric zoologist, has taken up the study of evolution as promulgated by Darwin and is pondering especially on the idea that there is a "missing link.
21 August 1916
Orphaned sisters Kate and Irene are separated as children, but each keeps half of their mother's wedding ring.
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