- Country: USA
- Genres: Short, Western
- Release: 1914-01-17
- Director: Gilbert M. ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson
- Writers: Gilbert M. ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson
- Language: None | English
- Stars: Gilbert M. ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson , Carl Stockdale , Lois Ingraham , Marguerite Clayton , Lloyd Ingraham , Victor Potel , Fred Church , Lee Willard
- Runtime: 11 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Broncho Billy, Guardian (United States of America) , Broncho Billy, Guardian
- Plot: It seems a pity that some people are allowed the care of children. Broncho Billy hears a child scream and rushes on the scene in time to prevent Jim Haley, a big brute of a man, from beating his little daughter, Josie, with a horse whip. Later, Haley and Pedro, a half-breed, are caught rustling cattle and are given the customary treatment, but not before Haley writes a note to Josie, stating that the boys will take care of her. The boys send Josie east to school and ten years later, when she returns a young lady, they all fall in love with her. Broncho Billy tells Josie how much be cares for her, but she tells him she loves him only as a daughter would love her father, and that her heart is given to Jack Patton. Broncho Billy is heartbroken. Patton, who has led a rather wild life, promises Broncho Billy he will reform to make himself worthy of Josie.
- IMDB:tt0003700
Broncho Billy, Guardian Cast · · · ALL
Gilbert M. ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson
Director
Gilbert M. ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson
Broncho Billy
Carl Stockdale
Jim Haley
Marguerite Clayton
Josie Haley, as an Adult
Lloyd Ingraham
Victor Potel
Fred Church
Lee Willard