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96 CLASS 9— Dramas
REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER
369 Legend of the Old Bell Ringer Pathe
The old bell ringer about to ring the Angelus is driven away by Satan. He is commanded to ring the Angelus, or be burned as a Heretic, but a little girl, whom he has befriended (being an angel in disguise), rings the bells for him and drives Satan from the belfry.
373 A Brave Lad Pathe
Much against his family's wishes, the young son of the deceased lion tamer, reopens the animal show by entering the lion's cage himself, thereby saving the family from destitution.
377 to 379 The Lust of Gold Pathe
A seaman, in order to collect the insurance on his ship, bribes a drunkard to wreck it. The ship is destroyed by fire and the drunkard, thinking he has caused the death of a fellow sailor, whom he has locked in the cabin of the ship, is lost on the ill-fated vessel.
383 Drama in the Gorges Du Loup Pathe
Lace smugglers, carrying their booty through the mountains, are discovered by Government spies, whereupon a desperate chase and fight ensues in which the chief of police plunges over a rocky cliff into the river below, but is saved by his faithful dog.
384 The Reward Pathe
Upon the finding of a very handsome purse which a rich lady has dropped, the old street sweeper returns it to her home. The sum of money as a reward goes through the hands of so many of her servants, who help themselves to a part of it, that by the time it reaches the old man, it is quite a small sum, although he is overjoyed at receiving it.
386 The Mountebank Pathe
A real tragedy resulting from the suspicions of a jealous husband in a play given by a company of strolling players. Founded upon the opera Pagliacci.
391 The Two Portraits Pathe
An artist, who hastens his wife's death by his attentions to another woman, finds after her death her true worth and the unworthiness of the other. His anger tempts him to destroy the portrait of the latter which he has just painted, but he is stopped by his little daughter who has substituted that of her mother.
395 A Sorry Jest Pathe
The fatal result of a joke played upon a young man by clerks in his office, wherein he keeps an anonymous appointment in the park on a very cold day, contracts a severe cold and dies.