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The Taming of Grouchy Bill
(1916) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Tom Mix
Cast: Tom Mix [Tom Merrill], Victoria Forde [Mary Harper], Pat Chrisman [Grouchy Bill], Sid Jordan [Sid Jenkins]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. From a screen story by Tom Mix. / Released 9 September 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Tom Merrill, a cowpuncher, and his pals, after seeing “Grouchy” Bill upbraid his wife, decide upon a plan to tame Bill. Tom takes Mary, Bill’s wife, into his confidence, tor the purpose to pose as Bill’s mother-in-law. Bill is grouchy from the moment the mother-in-law arrives. When he refuses to carry the grip and follow the orders of mother-in-law, he is overpowered by the muscular woman, and made to obey her will. Bill goes to the cowboys, and asks them to saddle up the worst bucking horse on the ranch, and he will take his mother-in-law for a ride. Tom, in the role of mother-in-law, rides the horse with ease, and Bill finally comes to understand that his supposed mother-in-law is really Tom Merrill, cowpuncher, and he is thoroughly tamed.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 9 July 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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