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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Man Inside
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 988 feet
Directed by [?] Gaston Méliès and/or Robert Goodman?
Cast: Edward Smith (Gunboat Smith) [Alonzo]
G. Méliès production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 11 July 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [From Méliès promotional material]: Rank, the foreman, tries to turn Edith’s love againsst Alonzo by discharging him, hoping in this way to be free to win her for himself. Meeting with no success, he determines to get rid of Alonzo and, hiding some cattle, accuses Alonzo of being the cattle thief. Leading a gang of cowboys, they surround him in his home intent on lynching him. The house is accidentally set on fire. Edith discovering the plot, hurries to his rescue, too late, however, to save him from the flames. The cowboys, after learning the truth, capture Rank and punish him in the same manner that he proposed to serve Alonzo. // [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Rank, the foreman, asks the rancher for his daughter’s hand. Edith leaves the room in anger for she loves Alonzo. Rank, enraged at her preference, discharges him, thinking that this would put an end to their friendship. Alonzo’s sister, Rosita, after the death of her husband, returns to live with her brother, and Edith, calling at his home and seeing the strange woman, returns, broken-hearted, thinking that she is Alonzo’s wife. Rosita visits Edith to beg her influence to get her brother reinstated, and thus Edith learns the truth. Rank, blaming Alonzo for cattle stealing, leads the cowboys to attack him in his home, and, setting it on fire, he thinks thus to destroy his hated rival. Knowing of Rank’s errand, and fearing the worst, Edith and Rosita arrive at this juncture. A knife thrown by Alonzo through the attic window, reveals his presence in the burning building. Every effort is made to save Alonzo, but he has been burnt so badly that recovery is impossible. Rank’s plot being unmasked, he turns to flee, pursued by the cowboys and Edith and Rosita, mourning their loss, are consoled to know that the cowboys have avenged Alonzo’s death.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 July 2024.
References: Thompson-Star p. 232 : ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.
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