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The Civilian
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by [?] Thomas H. Ince and/or Francis Ford?
Cast: Mae Marsh [Ethel Brown], Jack Conway, Robert Stanton, Anna Little (Ann Little), [?] Francis Ford?
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Broncho]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. From a screen story by Fred J. Balshofer. / Released 20 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Lieutenant Wade is the favored suitor of Ethel Brown until a young doctor comes to the post on a visit, who supplants him in her affections. The attention she pays the doctor at a ball nearly breaks his heart, and he passes a sleepless night. In the early morning he orders his horse and goes for a ride. A pioneer comes to the post and asks for a doctor to attend his wife, who is seriously ill. The young physician volunteers his services, and Ethel accompanies him. On the way a wheel falls off the buggy, and as he is trying to put it back he sees a band of hostile Indians riding toward him. Lieutenant Wade, from the top of the hill, takes in the situation and gallops to his assistance. As Wade dismounts and hurriedly tries to bolt the wheel on the doctor is overcome with fear and, leaping on the Lieutenant’s horse, makes his escape. Wade and the girl jump into the buggy and a running fight takes place, in which the couple are compelled to take to the hills. They find a cave in which they remain all night. In the morning the Indians take up the trail, and to save the girl he boldly draws their attention to himself and makes an attempt to escape, leading them away from the cave. Wade finally takes his stand behind a boulder at the top of a mountain pass and fights desperately, though severely wounded. The doctor, in his mad haste to escape, rides the horse over an embankment and is killed. The animal limps back to the post, and the soldiers, reading the message conveyed, go out after the Indians. The redskins are driven off, after a fight, and the Lieutenant and the girl are rescued. After Wade is restored to health Ethel comes to him and assures him of her love.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 April 2020.
References: ClasIm-204 p. 11; ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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