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Shorty's Ranch (1915)
Short | 30 min | Short, Western

Shorty's Ranch (1915)

Short | 30 min | Short, Western

Sir Cecil Ballymore, an Englishman, owner of a cattle ranch near Tucson, Ariz., arrives in Tucson on the way to visit his ranch. He is accompanied by his valet, James, and a bad attack of gout. Sir Cecil takes a suite at the leading hotel ...See moreSir Cecil Ballymore, an Englishman, owner of a cattle ranch near Tucson, Ariz., arrives in Tucson on the way to visit his ranch. He is accompanied by his valet, James, and a bad attack of gout. Sir Cecil takes a suite at the leading hotel in Tucson. His valet, James, gets into the wrong apartment and encounters a young lady in the act of dressing. She tries to kill the terrified valet with a revolver, but he eventually escapes to his master's suite and throws her off the track. With his gouty foot worse, Sir Cecil is warned by his doctor to remain quiet and rest up. Shorty is in Tucson, broke and jobless. Sir Cecil advertises for a man to go out to his ranch and inspect it and report to him. Shorty applies for and gets the job. Sir Cecil gives Shorty a big bankroll of bills for expenses. Shorty resolves to impersonate Sir Cecil and goes out to the ranch posing as Sir Cecil. Jackson, the ranch superintendent, falls for the "bull." Shorty flirts with Jackson's daughter, orders champagne from Tucson and prepares to have the time of his life. Not hearing from Shorty, Sir Cecil decides to continue on to the ranch in spite of his gout and telegraphs Shorty to meet him at Prairie Dog Siding with a rig to convey him to the ranch some ten miles distant across the desert from the railroad. Shorty ignores the telegram. About this time trouble breaks out on the Ballymore ranch, owing to the fact that considerable stock has been stolen by rustlers. Jackson fences the road across the ranch. This road had been used by ranchmen beyond. Jackson tells them that they will have to go around the ranch. The ranchmen protest at Jackson's closing up the public road and threaten to tear down the fence. That night the angry ranchmen collect a posse and tear down the fence. Jackson, Shorty and the boys rebuild it the next day. The ranchmen have left behind a warning that if the fence is rebuilt there will be trouble and Shorty and his men look forward to their keeping their promise and calmly rebuild the fence. Sir Ballymore and his valet arrive at Prairie Dog Siding the following day and find it only a desert flag station and no one there to meet them. They are heavily loaded down with baggage. Behind the station the valet finds a rickety wheelbarrow, and with Sir Cecil cursing the gout and the country and everything in general, they walk over the hot desert trail toward the ranch. Meantime the ranchmen have attacked the Ballymore ranch and bullets are flying like hailstones. The sheriff has been warned of the trouble and is racing to the scene with a posse to stop the battle and arrange a compromise. The sheriff stops the trouble and Sir Cecil Ballymore and James arrive at the ranch. At first they are mistaken for impostors but finally prove their identity by the papers they carry. Shorty is seized and locked in one of the ranch shacks, while Sir Ballymore and Jackson plan his punishment. Shorty strips off his disguise and gets back into his old familiar cowboy togs and succeeds in escaping from the shack that night. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Shorty Hamilton Shorty (as Jack Hamilton) Shorty (as Jack Hamilton) See fewer	Denny from Ireland (1918)
Jerome Storm Baron Hassenpfeffer / Sir Cecil Ballymore Baron Hassenpfeffer / Sir Cecil Ballymore See fewer	Some Pun'kins (1925)
Betty Burbridge Molly Jackson (as Elizabeth Burbridge) Molly Jackson (as Elizabeth Burbridge) See fewer	In the Clutches of the Gangsters (1914)
Robert McKim James - the Baron's Valet James - the Baron's Valet See fewer	All the Brothers Were Valiant (1923)
Clyde Tracy Shorty's Valet Shorty's Valet See fewer	Rumpelstiltskin (1915)
Milton Ross Jackson Jackson See fewer	The Penalty (1920)
Bob Kortman Bartender (uncredited) Bartender (uncredited) See fewer	Arabian Love (1922)