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Vengeance (1913) Online
Original Title :
Vengeance
Genre :
Movie / Short / Drama
Year :
1913
Directror :
Lorimer Johnston
Cast :
Lamar Johnstone,Belle Bennett,Eugene Pallette
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.3/10

Parker and Baldwin both love Grace Summerfield. Grace prefers Baldwin and dismisses Parker after he has insulted her. Parker vows vengeance. Enlisting the services of four tough characters,... See full summary

Vengeance (1913) Online

Parker and Baldwin both love Grace Summerfield. Grace prefers Baldwin and dismisses Parker after he has insulted her. Parker vows vengeance. Enlisting the services of four tough characters, he succeeds, by a ruse, in luring Grace into the cellar of an old house, where they chloroform her and prepare to seal her up in the chimney. They know nothing of masonry, however, and set forth to procure the services of a bricklayer, who reluctantly does the task, but tells a policeman when he gets away. Meantime, Baldwin, alarmed at Grace's protracted absence, goes to the police station to notify the police. His story fits in with that of the bricklayer, and together they start out to find a clue. They go first to the half-finished building where the bricklayer was kidnapped. They follow the trail to the old house. They break in and the bricklayer recognizes the cellar and the girl is saved. Further pursuit of the trail leads the officers and Baldwin to the private room where Parker is paying ...
Cast overview:
Lamar Johnstone Lamar Johnstone - Jack Baldwin
Belle Bennett Belle Bennett - Grace Summerfield
Eugene Pallette Eugene Pallette - Parker


User reviews

Dalarin

Dalarin

A modern version of the plot made familiar by Poe and other writers, in which a human being is walled up in brickwork. This picture story is too improbable and too hastily constructed to get this situation strongly before the observer, but at the same time it serves to hold the attention and is well photographed. The hero arrives in time to thwart the Italian banker and get the girl out of the wall alive. - The Moving Picture World, November 1, 1913