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Bridges Burned (1917)
54 min | Drama

Bridges Burned (1917)

54 min | Drama

Mary O'Brien, daughter of an Irish gentleman of declining fortunes, while fishing, meets Ernest Randal, who is trespassing on her father's land. Randal is the son of an English baronet and his conversation so charms Mary that she invites ...See moreMary O'Brien, daughter of an Irish gentleman of declining fortunes, while fishing, meets Ernest Randal, who is trespassing on her father's land. Randal is the son of an English baronet and his conversation so charms Mary that she invites him to dinner. The next day, while out hunting deer with her father, a poacher mistakes Randal's peaked cap for a deer's antlers, and shoots him through the shoulder. Mary nurses Randal, who is taken to her home. They fall in love and Mary gives her heart to him without reserve, and it is with difficulty that he forces himself to leave to complete his course in surgery. Norah, the old family servant, suspects the truth. Mary confesses to her father, and with difficulty restrains him from taking her lover's life when he returns after completing his college course. At first, Randal says he cannot marry her at that time, and she defends him. However, overcome by her generosity, Randal asks her to marry him, and she finally consents on account of the injustice to the child, which her refusal would cause. She leaves, however, immediately after the marriage. After her boy is born, Mary obtains employment in a cotton mill, becomes prominent in welfare work among the employees, and forms an uplift club, which is cited all over Ireland as a model of its kind. Her employer, O'Farrell, also promotes her to a position of trust, and asks her to be his wife, but on account of her boy, she refuses to divorce her husband. Randal visits her and asks her to return to him, but she declines, reminding him of the fact that he has been wasting his life. Determined to win her respect, he enlists and goes to war. O'Farrell also enlists and leaves Mary in charge of the mill. At the front Randal saves O'Farrell from bleeding to death when his arm is torn off by a shell. Randal later is shot, and reported dead. O'Farrell returns to Mary with the news that Randal's brother has also been killed, and that her boy is the Earl of Randal; and Mary at last realizes what her husband means to her. A great joy comes when she learns that Randal is alive, although temporarily blinded, and she nurses him while he is recovering his sight. O'Farrell once more goes to the front, saying he has one good arm left and is needed on the field. Life now seems perfect for Marv, and her happiness is deepened when her husband gives her the deed to her old house, which had been sold to strangers when her father died and she begins with deep joy her new life as Lady Randal. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Olga Petrova Mary O'Brien (as Mme. Olga Petrova) Mary O'Brien (as Mme. Olga Petrova) See fewer	Tempered Steel (1918)
Mahlon Hamilton Ernest Randal Ernest Randal See fewer	Half a Chance (1920)
Arthur Hoops O'Farrell O'Farrell See fewer	The Song of Hate (1915)
Maurice Steuart Mary's Son (as Maury Steuart) Mary's Son (as Maury Steuart) See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Robert Broderick Thomas O'Brien Thomas O'Brien See fewer	The Redemption of David Corson (1914)
Mathilde Brundage Norah Norah See fewer	Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
Louis Stern Solicitor Solicitor See fewer	Eye for Eye (1918)
Tom Cameron Butler (as Thomas Cameron) Butler (as Thomas Cameron) See fewer	The Green Archer (1925)