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Joyce of the North Woods (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

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Joyce of the North Woods (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

John Dale sacrificed his good name, his liberty, and the girl he loved to save his younger brother Philip from disgrace. Philip, not man enough to refuse the noble sacrifice, married Ruth Cranston the girl his brother had loved, and became...See moreJohn Dale sacrificed his good name, his liberty, and the girl he loved to save his younger brother Philip from disgrace. Philip, not man enough to refuse the noble sacrifice, married Ruth Cranston the girl his brother had loved, and became a wealthy, respectable citizen during the five years John was in state prison. On his release, John assumed the name "Gaston," plunged into the Maine woods, and began life anew. With illusions, faith, love--everything--shattered and ruined, the friendship which he formed with Joyce Birkdale was far removed from anything approaching the sentimental. His feeling for her was rather that of a father. He worshiped her glowing youth and innocence with the same abstraction of motive with which he worshiped the spring winds or the rising sun. To Jude Lazoon, Joyce's accepted suitor, however, the Platonic nature of Gaston's attitude was by no means apparent. He fiercely resented Gaston's familiarity with his affianced bride, and bitterly upbraided Joyce for allowing it. After their marriage the situation did not improve. Gaston, accompanying Jude to his home one day, grew a little too warm in his sympathy for Joyce while the husband supposedly slept. Jude waited until Gaston left, then fiercely charged his wife with infidelity, and striking her across the face, drove her from his door. Joyce fled to Gaston for protection, while Jude attempted to arouse the woodsmen's resentment against the man he claimed had ruined his home. Realizing that his affection had changed to love, Gaston left Joyce and plunged into the woods. Gaston's old sweetheart Ruth, widowed by Philip Dale's death, was coming into the woods with her brother and their aunt when she met Joyce. Joyce recognized Ruth's place in Gaston's life from a photograph she had found and thought that Gaston must still love Ruth, so she prepared to leave them together. At this point she received a letter telling her that Gaston was seriously hurt, actually a trick on Jude's part to lure her into the woods. Jude's stratagem was foiled by the death of its instigator, and the widowed Joyce, meeting Gaston in the woods, learned that she was the only girl he had ever really loved. This was splendid news to Jock Filmer, Gaston's friend, who adored Ruth, and things ended in a very satisfactory manner for everybody concerned. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Mary Fuller Joyce Birkdale Joyce Birkdale See fewer	The Huntress of Men (1916)
Augustus Phillips John Dale John Dale See fewer	The Gates of Eden (1916)
John Sturgeon Jude Jude See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Frank McGlynn Sr. Birkdale - Joyce's Husband Birkdale - Joyce's Husband See fewer	Captain Blood (1935)
Mrs. William Bechtel Actress Actress See fewer	The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914)
Elsie MacLeod Actress (as Elsie McLeod) Actress (as Elsie McLeod) See fewer	The Hazards of Helen (1914)
Harry Beaumont Actor Actor See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
Bliss Milford Actress Actress See fewer	Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
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