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Not on the Programme (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

Not on the Programme (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

Richard Thornley prefers Stewart Blake as a suitor for his daughter, Madge, because he is wealthy, and Madge prefers Philip Allen. When Blake asks Thornley for the girl's hand, he naturally receives a favorable answer, the father not ...See moreRichard Thornley prefers Stewart Blake as a suitor for his daughter, Madge, because he is wealthy, and Madge prefers Philip Allen. When Blake asks Thornley for the girl's hand, he naturally receives a favorable answer, the father not knowing of Phil's attentions to Madge. Gilbert Thornley, the girl's brother, is attracted by Blake's mode of life, and plays poker with him, and his wealthy friends, the result being heavy losses for the boy. He applies to his father for money, which is reluctantly supplied to him. More losses and another request meets with an absolute refusal from the old gentleman and, overcome by temptation, Gilbert takes a considerable sum from his father's cash box. Phil chooses this inauspicious time to ask Thornley's consent to a marriage with his daughter. He not only is refused, but, being found alone in the library immediately before the theft is discovered is suspected by the father of having taken the money. Thornley confides these suspicions to his son and to Blake, the latter at once realizes that Gilbert is the guilty one, but he is pleased to have suspicion fall on his favored rival. The boy, Gilbert, finds himself in a very delicate situation. The Thornleys and their friends are indulging in amateur theatricals, and good-natured Phil undertakes to portray a burglar. In this capacity, Phil is to shoot a householder, played by the girl's father. Phil hurries to the stage, leaving his revolver in the dressing-room. Blake finds the weapon. He removes the blanks with which the revolver is loaded, substituting ball cartridges. The stage-manager is giving final instructions, and the curtain is about to rise, and Phil to make his entrance as the burglar, when he discovers that he has forgotten his pistol. The elder Thornley agrees to get it, runs to the dressing-room, and as he picks up the weapon, discovers that it is loaded to kill. He is about to rush out and denounce Phil, when a better method occurs to him. He takes out the ball cartridges and puts back the blanks. The play proceeds, the time for the shooting comes, and Thornley falls, feigning to be mortally wounded. Blake at once dashes out on the stage, and accuses Phil of having planned the old gentleman's murder. The supposed victim rises, faces Blake, and demands to know how he was aware that the revolver was loaded, drawing the ball cartridges from his pocket, and displaying them to the bewildered man, whose guilt is only too apparent. Gilbert's conscience awakens, and he confesses to his father that he was the guilty one, and is granted forgiveness. Thornley withdraws his objections to the union of Madge and Phil. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Mabel Trunnelle Madge Thornley Madge Thornley See fewer	The Master Passion (1917)
Herbert Prior Phillip Allen - Madge's Sweetheart Phillip Allen - Madge's Sweetheart See fewer	Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)

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