''Catch My Smoke'' is a 1922 American silent

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film directed by

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, based on the novel ''Shoe-bar Stratton'' by

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. It stars

Tom Mix Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were silent films. He w ...

Lillian Rich Lillian Rose Rich Woodland, more commonly known as Lillian Rich (1 January 1900 – 5 January 1954) was an English-born actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1940. Biography Rich was born in Herne H ...

, and

Claude Payton Claude Duval Payton (March 30, 1882 in Centerville, Iowa – March 1, 1955 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor in many silent films and other films. On stage, Claude Payton toured with the Spooner Stock Company, which was hea ...

Plot

As described in a

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, Bob Stratton (Mix) returns from France after two years and finds his ranch in strange hands. In order to get to the bottom of affairs, he takes a job there. Mary Thorne (Rich) is running the ranch, left to her by her father who was the executor of Bob's will and, thinking Bob had bedn killed in

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, had appropriated the place for himself. Mary's father had been mysteriously killed, and she has engaged Tex Lynch as her foreman. Tex knows the ranch has oil under it and tries to force Mary to sell it. She is captured and taken to a deserted mine, but Bob arrives on scene to affect a rescue. Together they ride back together and Bob's horse Tony approves of their match.

Cast

as Bob Stratton *

as Mary Thorne *

as Tex Lynch * Gordon Griffith as Bub Jessup * Harry Griffith as Al Draper *

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as Frank Hurd * Pat Chrisman as Joe Bloss * C.E. Anderson as Sheriff *

Ruby Lafayette Ruby Lafayette (July 22, 1844 – April 3, 1935) was an American film actress, known for ''Sue of the South'' (1919), ''Big Bob'' (1921) and ''The Man Trap'' (1917). She was married to John T. Curran. At age 82, Lafayette nearly died from inju ...

as Mrs Archer *

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(uncredited)

Status

The film's status is unknown, meaning that it may be

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.''Catch My Smoke'' at The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog
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* * {{William Beaudine 1922 films 1922 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Beaudine Fox Film films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films

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