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The Miser’s Legacy
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Harry Carey [Jackson, the crook], Claire McDowell [the crook’s wife], Charles H. West (Charles West) [the crook’s pal], Eleanor Blevins [the doctor’s wife]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 9 April 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Hiding from the police in an alley, two crooks see, through a window, the dying miser entrust to the doctor the fortune he bequeaths to his erring son. They trail the doctor home, overpower him, and in their search for the money, terrify his wife and child. The little daughter of one of the crooks has seen them enter the house and runs home to tell her mother that “father is sick at the doctor’s.” When the police arrive, they find one crook dying, shot by his companion in a quarrel over the spoils. The money box contains a portrait by means of which the doctor was to identify the miser’s heir. Recognizing his own photograph, the younger crook claims the fortune, and this provokes the fatal quarrel. Dying, he leaves the fortune to his long-suffering family.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 24 April 1915, page ?] Another of those gripping little one-reel dramas that fairly mesmerize the attention. The story picks up speed with each new incident, sways the spectator at will, and races on to the denouement with compelling power. Harry Carey, Chas. H. West and Claire McDowell lend efficient aid by their excellent acting.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 11 June 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.
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