Catch My Smoke
Catch My Smoke is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by William Beaudine, based on the novel "Shoe-bar Stratton" by Joseph Bushnell Ames. It stars Tom Mix, Lillian Rich, and Claude Payton. Plot. As described in a film magazine, 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 World War I, 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. Status. The film's status is unknown, meaning that it may be lost.