Ben Blair 1916

When a young woman deserts her rancher husband and, with her son Ben, goes to live with the drunken Tom Blair. Blair raises Ben as his son, but kills Ben’s mother, causing the boy to return to his natural father. There, Ben falls in love with Florence Winthrop. Later, Ben gains revenge for his mother’s death by killing Tom, but he loses Florence, who decides to live in the East. When Ben learns that Florence has become engaged, he goes after her and issues an ultimatum: if she does not take him back, he will kill her fiancĂ©. After first resenting Ben for his demand, Florence realizes that she loves him and returns West with him.

Genre: High Definition Silent Films
Starring: Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, Lamar Johnstone, Virginia Foltz, Frank A. Bonn
Year: 1916
Color/BW: Black & White
Decade: 1910s
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