The Jaws of Justice
A 1919 western short from Universal directed by George Holt.
George Holt
Also Directed by George Holt
A woman holds up an Eastern millionaire, who then tells a big story of his encounter with a bandit, and afterward gives a large check to keep from being exposed.
A child picked up on the desert by the cowboy hero is brought to town on the eve of prohibition enforcement. The child is put to bed and is laboring with the Lord's prayer when he sticks at "kingdom come." The cowboy goes into the saloon and asks if anyone there knows what comes after "kingdom come." He is greeted with much laughter and no information. A dancer who turns out to be the mother of the child, which has been living with its grandfather, repeats the words of the prayer, and the child goes to sleep in peace. A romance between the cowboy and the dancer develops.
The efforts of an elder brother, who is sheriff, to save the younger from a lynching, the latter having been falsely accused of shooting a girl.
A government detective poses as a holdup, on the trail of masked riders.
Ace High is a silent Western short.
A cowboy commits a series of hold-ups near a big hotel for advertising purposes, being a sort of bandit press agent.