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The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917)
50 min | Drama, Western

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The Firefly of Tough Luck (1917)

50 min | Drama, Western

"Tough Luck" Baxter, returning from a prospecting trip, meets Happy Jack Clarke, a former citizen of Baxter City, a boom town which became a ghost town when the gold petered out. A game of cards decides that Clarke will go back to Baxter ...See more"Tough Luck" Baxter, returning from a prospecting trip, meets Happy Jack Clarke, a former citizen of Baxter City, a boom town which became a ghost town when the gold petered out. A game of cards decides that Clarke will go back to Baxter City with "Tough Luck" in search of ore. Meanwhile, the Firefly, a New York music hall entertainer out of a job, is ordered by her parasitic husband Bert Wilcox to perform at the dance hall in Baxter City. Upon her arrival, she finds the town deserted and strikes out on the open trail. Overcome by the desert, she is rescued and brought back to Baxter City by Danny Ward, a former Yale athlete. Together, "Tough Luck," Clarke, Danny and Firefly organize a family and strike gold. Danny, having fallen in love with Firefly, proposes to her on the very night that her worthless husband comes to town. Wilcox loots the assayer's office, is caught, convicted, and thrown out of town. Out of loyalty, Firefly accompanies him. Danny follows them and finds Firefly abandoned in the desert by Wilcox who has stolen her money and water. Justice is served when Wilcox perishes in a den of rattlesnakes, thus freeing Firefly to return with Danny to Baxter City. Written by Pamela Short See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Alma Rubens Firefly Firefly See fewer	The Rejected Woman (1924)
Charles Gunn Danny Ward Danny Ward See fewer	An Even Break (1917)
Walt Whitman 'Tough Luck' Baxter 'Tough Luck' Baxter See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1921)
Darrell Foss Bert Wilcox (as Darrel Foss) Bert Wilcox (as Darrel Foss) See fewer	Luring Lips (1921)
Jack Curtis Happy Jack Clarke Happy Jack Clarke See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Aaron Edwards Silent Dan Silent Dan See fewer	Are We Civilized? (1934)
Laura Sears Actress Actress See fewer	Framing Framers (1917)