|
Turned Back
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by John G. Adolfi
Cast: Sam de Grasse [George Cantor], Francelia Billington [Nell], Eugene Pallette [Tom Johnston], Mae Gaston, Billie West
Reliance Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by [?] Russell E. Smith? / Released 4 September 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? George Cantor and Tom Johnson, two young men, love the same girl; one wins the girl from the other and the loser goes away swearing revenge against his successful rival. Some years later, both are married. George is a successful physician. Tom is an out of work roustabout, with a wife and baby, the latter ill, and little food in the house. The roustabout, out of work and half crazed by the lack of money with which to pay for attendance and proper food for his child, accidentally runs into the physician whom he sees prosperous while he is up against it. He seeks his residence to rob it. While he is absent, his baby grows worse and the wife calls for the same physician but before he can come, Tom has the physician tied and gagged, etc., and gets away, refusing to allow him to attend to cases. When he gets home and finds out who the baby was, he phones him and the doctor does a run to the rescue and the baby is saved in time. He allows Tom to keep the money he stole from him and promises him work, etc.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 12 September 1914, page ?] This story of how a former rival robs a doctor of money and then returns it later is well constructed and the observer follows it with interest. It is not, however, a powerful offering and some of the scenes are somewhat unconvincing. It makes on the whole an offering of about average merit.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 November 2022.
References: Website-IMDb.
|
