A Stranger from Somewhere (1916)
Comedy-drama | 13 November 1916
As the 4 November 1916 Motion Picture News explained, A Stranger from Somewhere "advance[d] a novelty in photoplay construction" by starting off "as a drama, and when everything is ready for serious business the complications run into comedy, finishing with a surprise." Reviewer Peter Milne, in the 18 November 1916 Motion Picture News, noted that despite lead actor Franklyn Farnum's double roles, no double exposures were used, "which is a good thing." The 11 November 1916 Moving Picture Weekly added that Farnum appeared in 340 of the 350 scenes in the "farce melodrama." Wid's added, "Mr. Farnum had a very difficult task in making two distinctive characterizations register when wearing exactly the same clothing. It can be truthfully said that he carried this so well that there was little doubt at any time as to which part he was playing."
Franklyn Farnum was the younger brother of leading men Dustin and William Farnum. This was his second feature film, following Bluebird's Love Never Dies. Agnes Vernon was also called Brownie Vernon, because of her distinctively brown eyes.
F. McGrew Willis and Walter Woods, calling themselves "Willis Woods," wrote the scenario. The working title of the film was In Love. At the same time, they wrote The Devil's Bondswoman (see entry) for the same studio.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. ...
As the 4 November 1916 Motion Picture News explained, A Stranger from Somewhere "advance[d] a novelty in photoplay construction" by starting off "as a drama, and when everything is ready for serious business the complications run into comedy, finishing with a surprise." Reviewer Peter Milne, in the 18 November 1916 Motion Picture News, noted that despite lead actor Franklyn Farnum's double roles, no double exposures were used, "which is a good thing." The 11 November 1916 Moving Picture Weekly added that Farnum appeared in 340 of the 350 scenes in the "farce melodrama." Wid's added, "Mr. Farnum had a very difficult task in making two distinctive characterizations register when wearing exactly the same clothing. It can be truthfully said that he carried this so well that there was little doubt at any time as to which part he was playing."
Franklyn Farnum was the younger brother of leading men Dustin and William Farnum. This was his second feature film, following Bluebird's Love Never Dies. Agnes Vernon was also called Brownie Vernon, because of her distinctively brown eyes.
F. McGrew Willis and Walter Woods, calling themselves "Willis Woods," wrote the scenario. The working title of the film was In Love. At the same time, they wrote The Devil's Bondswoman (see entry) for the same studio.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
Westerner Sam Brockton sells his ranch and moves to the city, but can find nothing comparable to the frontier until he meets heiress Agnes Darling. Their romance falters, however, when con man and pickpocket "Dippy" Lewis decides to take advantage of his uncanny resemblance to Sam and, dressed like the ex-rancher, calls on Agnes, who has arranged an afternoon of horseback riding. When "Dippy" can barely mount up, Agnes begins to wonder about his background as a cowboy, and then, later, she questions the purifying effects of growing up on the range when she overhears the real Sam talking to a couple of crooks who, mistaking him for "Dippy," tell the bewildered cowboy about splitting stolen goods among them. Finally, all of the incidents of mistaken identity are straightened out when the cowboy and the con man meet for a fight, and the winner, Sam, later explains everything to ...
Westerner Sam Brockton sells his ranch and moves to the city, but can find nothing comparable to the frontier until he meets heiress Agnes Darling. Their romance falters, however, when con man and pickpocket "Dippy" Lewis decides to take advantage of his uncanny resemblance to Sam and, dressed like the ex-rancher, calls on Agnes, who has arranged an afternoon of horseback riding. When "Dippy" can barely mount up, Agnes begins to wonder about his background as a cowboy, and then, later, she questions the purifying effects of growing up on the range when she overhears the real Sam talking to a couple of crooks who, mistaking him for "Dippy," tell the bewildered cowboy about splitting stolen goods among them. Finally, all of the incidents of mistaken identity are straightened out when the cowboy and the con man meet for a fight, and the winner, Sam, later explains everything to Agnes.
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