|
The Bank Cashier
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Francis J. Grandon
Cast: Edgar Jones [George Graham], Clara Williams [Helen Davis], [?] Francis J. Grandon? [John Davis, Helen’s father]
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / Released 4 September 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? George Graham and James Fairbanks are two young men employed in the bank of Carson City, of which John Davis is the president. Davis has a pretty daughter, Helen, and both young men have surrendered their hearts to her, but she prefers only George, and plainly shows her preferences by deliberately snubbing James. His jealousy is aroused and he can scarcely conceal his feelings of enmity toward George, who only pities him. Mr. Davis is suddenly called away to look at a prospective purchase of land and leaves the bank in George’s care. James also leaves the office before his regular quitting hour and goes to a gambling place near the bank and loses heavily, giving the winning gambler an I.O.U. for a large sum. The gambler, knowing James is an employee of the bank, also that his salary is not large enough to ever make good the I.O.U., he induces him to rob the bank. This James finally agrees to do, so they wait the time, when they will be sure of no interruption. Helen, who has made a social call on George, playfully closes the vault door on him, while he is putting away the day’s cash, and finding that she cannot open the door again, she rushes out to get her father, who is now miles away from town. Frantic with fear, she drives her pony at its topmost speed, soon reaches her father, and both ride to the rescue of the imprisoned cashier, who is slowly suffocating in the vault. In the meantime James and gambler have entered the bank, opened, the vault, and are about to leave with the money when George recovers sufficiently to realize that a robbery is taking place, shoots at James, wounding his hand severely. The gambler quickly closes the vault door, leaving George to his fate. On the arrival of Helen and her father, they find the vault still locked and upon opening it find the cashier with still a spark of life left and begin the work of resuscitation. He regains his strength long enough to tell of the robbery and again swoons. Helen telephones for a doctor, who has been busy dressing the wounded hand of the thief, but quickly binding it, he starts for the bank to answer Helen’s call. The two thieves fearing capture compel him at the point of a revolver to drive them to a railroad station. The banker jumps into his auto and pursues them, bringing them to bay. On his return to the bank he finds Helen, who has used her knowledge of “first aid to the injured” to good advantage, and George, both wishing they were one. The banker believing George is worthy of his only child, gives his consent.
Survival status: Print exists in the Betzwood Film Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 April 2024.
References: Website-Betzwood; Website-IMDb.
|
