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The Reformation of Sierra Smith
Also known as [The Lost Watch]
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: J. Warren Kerrigan [the young doctor], Pauline Bush [Mrs. Smith], Jack Richardson [Sierra Smith], Jessalyn Van Trump [the young doctor’s wife], Helen Smith [the child], Chick Morrison
American Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Film Supply Company of America [Flying A]. / Released 10 October 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [From The New York Dramatic Mirror] Sierra is a bad man through and through, but passionately loves his child and it is this parental devotion that finally works his cure. At one time in his checkered career he holds up and robs a stage coach, carrying a young doctor who is coming to the West to build up a practice. Among the various articles which the bad man gets is a watch belonging to the doctor, which the child afterwards secures as a plaything. When the child grows sick and the young doctor is sent for, he recognizes his watch and demands explanations from the wife. Sierra discovers that the doctor is aware of his identity and is about to shoot him, hen the thought that the child owes his life to him stays in his hand. The doctor promises to keep the secret of who he is, if he will agree to reform and be kind to his family, which, of course, he does.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative, 35mm reference positive, 16mm reduction positive], and in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 July 2021.
References: Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Andrew Van Gorp.
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