His Mother's Boy is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Ella Stuart Carson.

The film stars Charles Ray, Doris May, William Elmer, Josef Swickard, Jerome Storm, and Gertrude Claire.

[1][2] As described in a film magazine,[3] Matthew Denton (Ray) finds out that, because the Centipede oil wells do not pay a dividend, the villagers consider his father to be a swindler.

He leaves his mother and New England home to go to Centipede, Texas, to ascertain the cause of the shortage of oil.

When Mabel shows Matthew her engagement ring, Jones gives him a specified amount of time to get out of town.