The Son-of-a-Gun
About The Son-of-a-Gun
Bill, called the Son-of-a-Gun, breaks up May Brown's party and is ordered out of town, on pain of being shot if he comes back. In the next county he finds May's brother Buddy at a crooked card table, about to lose the money their family needs for their mother's medicine. Bill takes the money back from the sharp and brings the boy home.
Cast & crew
More about The Son-of-a-Gun
G. M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson produced the film and stars as Bill. He and Jesse J. Robbins wrote the story; the AFI Catalog credits Robbins with direction, while later listings credit Anderson. Golden West shot it in Glendale and at Devil's Garden, about 150 miles from Los Angeles, and William L. Sherry Service released it on February 2, 1919, after a New York opening in November 1918.
Themes
Making
Anderson, years past the Essanay Broncho Billy shorts, was running his own company again. This feature puts him back in a saloon, banned from one town and useful in the next.
Music
Silent, with English intertitles.
Preservation
A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Notes
- Joy Lewis plays May Brown. Paul Willis plays Buddy. Fred Church is Buck Saunders, and Frank Whitson is the dealer Double Deck Harry.
- A. E. Witting and Mattie Witting play the elder Browns. Harry Todd appears as a sheriff.
- Trade papers also spelled the title The Son of a Gun and Son of a Gun.
- A print is at the Library of Congress, and the film has circulated on home video.
Scenes
- Bill is thrown out after he wrecks May's party, and told he will be shot if he returns.
- He sits in on the game where Double Deck Harry is taking Buddy's medicine money, and he brings the cash back.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheSon-of-a-gun1919)
