The Sheriff's Sisters - Production & Contact Info

The Sheriff's Sisters (1911)
Short | Romance, Short, Western

The Sheriff's Sisters (1911)

Short | Romance, Short, Western

The opening scene shows the front of the sheriff's pretty cottage nestled in vines. The villain, George Dalton, pleads with the sheriff's older sister Gertrude to return his love, but she refuses. Then Jack Wilson, handsome of face and ...See moreThe opening scene shows the front of the sheriff's pretty cottage nestled in vines. The villain, George Dalton, pleads with the sheriff's older sister Gertrude to return his love, but she refuses. Then Jack Wilson, handsome of face and light of heart, appears and Gertie's face lights up with something stronger than affection, but he greets her as a friend. The next day, younger sister Lucy returns from the East, and she and Jack are smitten with each other at first sight; Gertie notices and is jealous. This jealousy increases when she discovers the lovers near the great palm tree the next day. George Dalton again presses his suit with Gertie; again he fails. Jack approaches her as Dalton walks away; Dalton believes him his rival and inwardly vows vengeance. Shortly afterward Jack calls on Lucy's father and asks him for her hand in marriage. He refuses, but Jack firmly insists. There is a quarrel and Jack goes away downcast. Immediately afterwards Dalton approaches the old man and asks for Gertrude's hand and is refused with angry words that he returns in kind. The old man then draws his revolver and is shot dead by Dalton, who hurries from the scene. Jack, who has been engaged in conversation with Gertrude, hears the shot and rushes towards the spot. So does the sheriff, who was in the vicinity at the time. Jack arrives first and is horrified to find his sweetheart's father lifeless. He is discovered by the sheriff, standing over the dead man with a revolver in his hand; this revolver he had picked up beside the body. The sheriff accuses Jack of murder and puts him in jail. Lucy pleads with her brother and tells him that her lover is innocent, but he is obdurate. As the sheriff pulls his handkerchief from his pocket, he unconsciously drops his keys. Lucy secures them and releases Jack. In the meantime Dalton, the real criminal, has gathered a band of lynchers and galloped to the jail. He is desirous to turn all suspicion from himself and put a rival out of his path by having him lynched. The party arrives just as Jack has made his escape and is mounting a horse. They pursue him, wound him, engage in a desperate hand to hand conflict, overpower him and throw him ever a bridge, while a freight train is passing. Jack escapes fatal injury and succeeds in alighting from the train, only to fall into the hands of the sheriff, who takes him back to jail. Just before they arrive, Gertrude has overcome her jealousy, at sight of her sister's agony, and informed her that Jack was with her at the time the shot was fired. The sheriff is also notified of this fact and releases his prisoner, restoring him to Lucy's tender attentions. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
J. Warren Kerrigan Jack Evans Jack Evans See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Pauline Bush Edith Howard Edith Howard See fewer	A Mountain Melody (1915)
Jack Richardson Jim Dawson Jim Dawson See fewer	The Midnight Express (1924)
Jessalyn Van Trump Clara Howard Clara Howard See fewer	The Girl in the Rain (1920)
James Harrison The Sheriff The Sheriff See fewer	Charley's Aunt (1925)
Chick Morrison Actor Actor See fewer	Black Beauty (I) (1921)