Basil, sent to a West Indian island to look after his brother's interests, so antagonizes the planters that they form a secret organization for the purpose of throwing off the Harcourt yoke. Irene, who has just inherited her father's plantation, refuses to join. Basil is later slain under circumstances which cause Irene to believe herself the murderess.
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Harry F. Millarde as Sir Henry Harcourt - a Land Owner
Alice Hollister as Irene Cross - a Tenant
James B. Ross as Blake - a Tenant
Arthur Albertson as Basil Harcourt - Sir Henry's Younger Brother
Nell Farrin as Cara - a Native Girl
William McNulty as Norris - Irene's Overseer
Harry F. Millarde Director
United States 03 November 1915
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1915:
19 April 1915
Young Martha Redmond, a poor girl from a small town, leaves to find a singing career in New York City.
26 April 1915
Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Ruth is satisfied with her "regular fellow," a mechanic, Helen yearns for fine clothes, wealth, and attention.
26 February 1915
A short comic film in which a bickering duo start a taxi company. A constantly quarrelling duo, consisting of a tall fat man and a short thin man, find a wallet on the street, with twenty dollars inside.
15 February 1915
When Mrs. Justwed receives a note from her mother telling her that she expects to arrive next day, her husband seems overjoyed, and says he intends to make her stay all winter.
14 October 1915
Leonie Sobatsky (Laura Hope Crews) belongs to a ring of international thieves, headed by Bechel (George Gebhardt).
16 April 1915
Luke McVane (William S. Hart) shoots a card-cheat in self-defense and has to make a run for it before the town lynch him.
19 June 1915
Out of the blue, war is declared, making two otherwise friendly neighbouring nations deadly enemies. Amid the inferno, finding themselves on different sides of the conflict, Elsa and Alexis are forced to call off their engagement.
16 September 1915
Crime drama about the rivalry over a new invention and a nice girl.
22 March 1915
A baby is left on the Brinbecombes' yacht while they are sailing up the Hudson River, and they adopt him and name him Everett.
09 July 1915
An innkeeper in sheer despair murders a passing by musician and steals his money in order to buy medicine for his dying wife.
12 November 1915
Helen Moore (Grace Williams) runs off with the nephew of Senator Foote, but when their car breaks down, they go to a hotel.
27 November 1915
The shifting of the dynamite contained in a boxcar causes the latter to be cut from the freight and set out as unsafe.
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