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  • A Bear of a Story (1916)
  • Short | 13 min | Short, Comedy, Western
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A Bear of a Story (1916)
Short | 13 min | Short, Comedy, Western

Tom, a cowpuncher, is engaged to marry Vicky Williams, a ranch girl. Vicky has a girl chum who owns a pet bear, and she tells Tom that the must get her a bear. With his friend, Sid Jones, Tom soon discovers bear signs. Tom enters a bear ...See moreTom, a cowpuncher, is engaged to marry Vicky Williams, a ranch girl. Vicky has a girl chum who owns a pet bear, and she tells Tom that the must get her a bear. With his friend, Sid Jones, Tom soon discovers bear signs. Tom enters a bear hole; the bear also enters, and Tom makes his escape just in time. Finally the bear is treed. The limb on which bruin is hanging is sawed off, and the bear falls to the ground, where it is lassoed by Tom and Sid. Vicky, in the meantime, has been playing with her girl friend's pet bear and it bites her finger. When she sees Tom and Sid approaching with the bear, which they finally captured at the risk of their lives, she tells them she don't like bears, doesn't want one, and leaves. With an expression of "Can you beat it?" Tom and Sid fall to the ground in a faint. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Tom Mix (story)
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Updated Aug 19, 1916

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Aug 19, 1916 (United States)

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