John is seduced and abandoned by a cruel flirt. Later he learns that his friend Frank is engaged to the same woman. He relates his story to Frank and convinces him to jilt her at the altar.
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Arthur V. Johnson as John Hale
Owen Moore as Frank Allison
Florence Lawrence as Mary Allison - Frank's Sister
Marion Leonard as Dorothy Kirk
Mack Sennett as DDorothy's First Suitor / Bartender / At Stock Exchange
Linda Arvidson as Wedding Guest
United States 17 May 1909
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03 May 1909
One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself.
01 July 1909
Buck Minor was the most detested man in Wolf Hollow, partly because he was quarrelsome and treacherous, partly because he abused and neglected his little wife, Molly, whom all the camp adored, and for whose sake it tolerated Buck.
04 December 1909
Tom Carlton, leader of a band of Western bandits, tires of his life of crime and resolves to reform.
08 December 1909
Documentary about making cheese in the Netherlands.
01 July 1909
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr.
05 April 1909
A tramp tries to get himself arrested so he can sleep in the nice, warm jail, but the police keep ignoring him or arresting the wrong person.
15 October 1909
Based on the celebrated novel by Alessandro Manzoni, "The Betrothed", the film tells the passage of Lucia being sent on an errand by the Nun of Monza, her kidnapping at the hands of "the Unnamed", and this man's meeting with the Cardinal Borromeo, whose intercession is key for the liberation of Lucia.
08 November 1909
A parlor full of bon vivants pass around an enchanted pair of spectacles that “reveal the personality and pleasures of the one who wears them.
21 August 1909
A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, and Nero, hoping to divert the public wrath from his own misconduct, has encouraged the persecution of the growing sect of Christians.
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First film of Burnham Beeches, the famous beauty spot and ultimate film location.
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