The Sleeping Lion (1919)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Western
Release: 1919-06-23
Director: Rupert Julian
Writers: Elliott J. Clawson , Bernard McConville
Language: None
Stars: Monroe Salisbury , Pat Moore , Rhea Mitchell , Herschel Mayall , Alfred Allen , Alice Claire Elliott , Marian Skinner , Sidney Franklin , Frank Leigh
Runtime: 60 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Sleeping Lion (United States of America) , The Open Roads (United States of America) , 眠れる獅子 (Japan) , The Sleeping Lion
Plot: Italian potter Tony Varralo adopts a waif named Little Tony, and they leave New York City for a ranch out West, with the promises that Tony will send for his fiancée, Carlotta, after he has established himself. Once settled in the Western town, Tony manages to make an enemy of Durant, the town's chief gambler, by refusing to drink whiskey and by freely admiring dance-hall queen Kate Billings, who Durant has claimed for himself. A year later, Tony is well-adapted to life as a cowboy. While he is away from home one day, Durant shoots at a shadow in the window that he believes to be Tony. However, the bullet strikes Little Tony, who is stunned with a mild injury. Tony gets his revenge on Durant and inadvertently wins the love of Kate. After Tony learns that Carlotta has married one of his rivals, he and Kate are free to marry.
IMDB:tt0010705