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Money
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Thornton Cole [Old Mordaunt], George Robinson [Sir John Vesey], A.C. Marston (Mrs. A.C. Marston) [Sir John’s wife], Vivian Prescott [Georgina], Edward Cecil [Sir Frederick], Marie Newton [Clara], Alan Hale [Alfred Evelyn], Ivan Christy [Alfred’s friend]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a play by Bulwer Lytton (Edward George Bulwer-Lytton). / © 1915 by Biograph Company. Released 5 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Sir John Vesey, his wife and daughter Georgina fawn on old Mordaunt, Sir John’s brother-in-law, who is rich. So does his cousin, Sir Frederick. Only Alfred, Evelyn and Clara, poor relations, love the old man for himself. Dying, he leaves his fortune to Alfred. The Veseys scheme to estrange him from Clara, whom he loves, and marry him to Georgina. He once waited on them as a servant to earn money for his foster mother. Now they toady to him. He overhears Sir Frederick say that Georgina only wants his money, and pretends to lose his entire fortune at cards to a friend. At the height of the misfortune, police officers arrive to arrest him for assault on Sir Frederick. Georgina disdains him, but Clara, to whom he has sent a large sum as a legacy from old Mordaunt, offers him the money again. He then reveals the trick and clasps Clara in his arms.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 June 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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