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The Measure of Leon Du Bray
Also known as [The Measure of Leon Dubray]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Henry Otto
Cast: Hobart Henley [Leon Du Bray], Louella Maxam [Janet Besson], William Quinn [Roget, the forest ranger], May Benson [Leon’s mother], Robert Pettie [John Besson], Mollie Nixon [the dancer], Harry Tenbrook [The Rat]
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Gold Seal]. / Scenario by Henry Otto, from a story by Harvey Gates. / Released 2 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Leon Dubray and his old mother live in the Northland, where Leon makes a meager living trapping. His one desire is to catch a black fox. Nearby lives Janet Besson and her father, who is secretly a poacher. Long ago Janet and Leon have pledged their love, but unforeseen circumstances have held them apart. Roget, the forest ranger, leads a double life. He is secretly in league with the poachers and uses his office to help them. Determined to rid the country of the poachers, the mounted police offer $500 reward for the capture of the gang. Janet has learned of her father’s alliance with the poachers, and pleads with him to quit them, and he promises to do so. Leon catches the circuit doctor and, after an examination of his mother, who had been run down by a poacher in his escape from the police, is told that her only chance of recovery is to undergo a delicate operation which will cost $500. Roget, being hard pressed, turns on his pals and receives the reward. Besson and another are captured and sent to prison, while Roget accuses Leon of turning in the men to get the money for his mother’s operation. This is told to Janet in such a manner that she believes it, and the two become estranged. Leon’s mother dies and he goes to the city to obtain employment. The ranger works on Janet’s feelings to such an extent that she promises to marry him, and arrangements are made, but when she discovers his crooked work she refuses him. She, too, goes to the city to look for work. Leon has secured work and risen to the position of foreman of a lumber yard. Besson escapes from prison and is found in the yard by Leon, who gets him a change of clothes and assists him to escape. Janet has secured work as a waitress in a café and one day is located there by Roget, who attempts to make up with her without avail. He forces her to give him her address and tells her to meet him there at three o’clock. That evening Leon brings Besson to Janet’s and they are talking when the ranger enters and sees Besson. Roget follows them in the house and plans to return Besson to prison, when Leon takes a hand and forces the ranger to put on the prison suit, hiding him in a closet. Janet summons a policeman and the fuming ranger is taken to prison. Leon tells of his love and the three plan to be on their way to another country by the time Roget has proved an alibi.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 November 2022.
References: Edmonds-BigU p. 67 : Website-IMDb.
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