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The Embezzler
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by George Osborne
Cast: Thelma Salter [Mildred Cole, the invalid grandchild], George Osborne [Caleb Cole], Ben Horning [Mr. Lewis], Fanny Midgley [Mrs. Casey]
[?] New York Motion Picture Company or New York Motion Picture Corporation? production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. From a screen story by Richard V. Spencer. / Released 29 May 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? For twenty years Caleb Cole was the trusted accountant for the firm of Lewis and Munson. In his old age, he took the meager savings which should have gone to make his declining years comfortable, and spent the little hoard for luxuries to please his invalid grandchild, Mildred. The child was growing every day weaker, and at last the doctor told Caleb that if he expected to keep her alive a year, she must go to the country where she could have fresh air, the best of food and expert nursing. A tremendous temptation lay at Caleb’s finger tips, and he yielded. When the books were audited at the end of the month, it was revealed to Lewis and Munson that their accountant had embezzled several hundred dollars. Geoffrey Lewis was astounded. He was not a hasty nor an unjust man, and it came over him forcibly that Caleb Cole, so trustworthy all these years, must be in some unspeakable trouble. He follows Cole to the country, where he had gone to be with Mildred, and arrives at the cottage while the grandfather is absent on an errand to the village. A few moments with the child and the nurse reveal to him the situation, and quietly leaving the house he tears up the warrant for Cole’s arrest and makes up the deficit to the firm out of his own pocket.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 19 May 2020.
References: Website-IMDb.
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