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The Fight for Right
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Nestor Film Company production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Produced by David Horsley. / Released 1 January 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Old Ben Johnson had taken to drink. Parson Jones rode into town to silence the jeering of his companions when Nina Johnson came to her father and took him home, much to the joy of his wife and daughter. Slim Jim, however, thinking the Parson entirely too meddlesome, promised the boys that he would handle the Parson, and accordingly they set out to meet him on his way back to town. Jim had seen that the other could handle a gun, so taking off his coat, he told the Parson that he would whip him with nature’s weapons. Again he was fooled, for his friends were forced to confess that he was no match for the Parson. The following Wednesday, while the Parson was holding a revival meeting, Jim and his boon companion, Joe, decided upon a plan of revenge, which was to write the following letter: “Dear Bill: Your disguise as the Parson, is great. They’ll never suspect you are a horse thief, so you should make a good clean up where you are. Let us hear from you. Bub.” They slipped it into the Parson’s pocket. Fortunately Nina saw them place it there and warned the Minister, so that when the boys brought the sheriff telling him that the Parson had received such a letter, which they had seen him reading, the letter was in Nina’s hands and she quickly explained its origin to the sheriff. As a result both Jim and Joe were led away to await punishment, while Ben, now thoroughly ashamed at having kept such company, straightened up and once more became a credit to his family.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 October 2022.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 150 : Website-IMDb.
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