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A Man's Man (1917)
John Stuart Webster, mining engineer, having accumulated a fortune in Death Valley, Calif., starts for Denver. On the train is Dolores Ruey, a beautiful Spanish girl reared in the United States. Webster thrashes a travelling salesman who has been forcing his attentions on Dolores and thereby gains her admiration. Upon his arrival in Denver he leaves for Sobrante, Central America, to finance a mine found by his former protege, Billy Geary. Dolores is also bound for Sobrante. Her father, Don Ricardo Ruey, had been President of the Republic, until he was killed by revolutionists. They board the same train but Webster is seized with ptomaine poisoning and is removed to a hospital. Dolores is met by Billy Geary, who falls desperately in love with her. When he arrives. Webster does everything to give Geary a clear field, but after he has put Dolores' brother in the place his father held, he finds he has not only won a revolution, but a wife.
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John Stuart Webster, mining engineer, having accumulated a fortune in Death Valley, Calif., starts for Denver. On the train is Dolores Ruey, a beautiful Spanish girl reared in the United States. Webster thrashes a travelling salesman who has been forcing his attentions on Dolores and thereby gains her admiration. Upon his arrival in Denver he leaves for Sobrante, Central America, to finance a mine found by his former protege, Billy Geary. Dolores is also bound for Sobrante. Her father, Don Ricardo Ruey, had been President of the Republic, until he was killed by revolutionists. They board the same train but Webster is seized with ptomaine poisoning and is removed to a hospital. Dolores is met by Billy Geary, who falls desperately in love with her. When he arrives. Webster does everything to give Geary a clear field, but after he has put Dolores' brother in the place his father held, he finds he has not only won a revolution, but a wife.
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Genre:Adventure, Romance
Written By:Thomas J. Geraghty, Peter B. Kyne
In Theaters:10/1/1917
Box Office:
Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Paralta Plays Inc.
Cast
Oscar Apfel
Director
J. Warren Kerrigan
John Stuart Webster
Lois Wilson
Dolores Ruey
Kenneth Harlan
Billy Geary
Edward Coxen
John Cafferty
Eugene Pallette
Captain Benevido
Ida Lewis
Mother Jenks
Harry von Meter
Ricardo Ruey
Arthur Allardt
Dr. Pacheo
Joseph J. Dowling
President Sarros
John Steppling
Neddy Jerome
Wallace Worsley
Henry Jenks
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