Laughing Bill Hyde


Laughing Bill Hyde is a lost 1918 American adventure film directed by Hobart Henley and written by Willard Mack. The film stars Will Rogers, Anna Lehr, Clarence Oliver, Joseph Herbert, Robert Conville, and Dan Mason. The film was released on September 22, 1918, by Goldwyn Pictures. It was filmed at the Fort Lee studios.

Plot

Convict Bill Hyde and his friend, Danny Dorgan, break out of prison, but in running from the guards, Danny is mortally wounded. The local doctor, Evan Thomas, tries so hard to save Danny that later, when Bill and the doctor meet in Alaska, the two become friends. A dying man gives his mine to the doctor, but upon discovering that it is worthless, Bill sells it to a crook named John Wesley Slayforth for $50,000. Slayforth attempts to cheat Ponotah, a part Indian woman who owns another mine in which he has an interest, and Bill secures employment in the mine in order to investigate. When he learns that the superintendent is systematically stealing gold from the mine, Bill in turn robs him and buries the money near his cabin. Most of the gold he gives to Ponotah, who accepts his marriage proposal, while the $50,000 goes to the doctor, enabling him to return home and wed the girl of his heart.

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