
Harry Ogden - ne'er-do-well - is caught by a sheriff's posse and is about to be hung when he is saved by Betty, the daughter of a Kentucky Colonel, who is traveling in the West for his health. Ogden is addicted to a morphine habit and Betty, who is a doctor, hides him in their house and nurses him back to health.

Harry R. Durant, John G. Adolfi
United States

Imagine, if you will, a reel flickering inside a nickelodeon reeking of kerosene and popcorn dust—each frame of A Man and His Mate crackles like singed parchment. Released in Apri...
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