''A Ranch Romance'' is a 1914 American silent

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film featuring

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and

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. A still from the film exists showing Chaney in action. The film is now considered to be

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Plot

John Preston, a ranch owner, owes a fortune to Don Jose Praz. The Don's son, Raphael Praz (Chaney), steals some of Preston's cattle with the aid of an accomplice. Raphael loves John Preston's daughter Kate and urges his father to win Preston's consent to their marriage. Kate however is in love with the ranch's foreman, Jack Deering, and her father refuses to intervene. Desperate, Raphael kidnaps the girl and brings her to a lonely cabin in the woods. Kate fights him, but her strength is no match for the villain. Meanwhile, the girl's horse has returned home to the ranch by itself. Jack, accompanied by the other cowboys, trails Raphael to the cabin and kills him in a death duel.

Cast

as Jack Deering *

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as Kate Preston *

as Raphael Praz * Seymour Hastings as John Preston * Edgar Keller as Don Jose Praz

Reception

Moving Picture World wrote: "The scenic effects are good and the situations, while very familiar, have a little more dash and go to them than usual." Motion Picture News wrote: "The plot is conventional but is enacted in a manner that makes it most interesting. There is an excellent fight scene between the two men."Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 19. .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ranch Romance, A 1914 films 1914 Western (genre) films 1914 lost films 1914 short films American silent short films American black-and-white films English-language Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films Silent American Western (genre) films Universal Pictures short films 1910s American films 1910s English-language films