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A Light on Troubled Waters (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

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A Light on Troubled Waters (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Howard Sterling, mate aboard his father's coasting vessel, is very much in love with Millie Sawyer. On his return from a voyage, he brings Millie a lantern which he tells her to place in her window when his ship is passing, that he may ...See moreHoward Sterling, mate aboard his father's coasting vessel, is very much in love with Millie Sawyer. On his return from a voyage, he brings Millie a lantern which he tells her to place in her window when his ship is passing, that he may know she is still thinking of him. Although she is very fond of Howard, Millie is actually something of a flirt. Joe Gorman, a mysterious young man with plenty of money but no visible means of support, attracts her almost as much as Howard. Gorman kisses her one day while Howard is watching. To the sailor's indignation, Millie does not appear to resent it, and when he scolds her, she becomes angry with him. Sad at heart, Howard sets out on his voyage, vowing to have nothing more to do with so fickle a girl. The mysterious Gorman is in reality the chief of a band of wreckers. With a suave smile and an easy manner he covers a disposition which is in reality savage and unscrupulous. Aroused by Millie's apparent liking for him, he lures her out on the cliffs one evening, leads her to the wreckers' cave, and informs her that he has sent for a minister to marry them. Almost immediately thereafter, Millie discovers that a dreadful plot is afoot against Captain Sterling's schooner, and that she is a prisoner. A sudden call from the lookout directs the wreckers' attention to the rapidly-darkening ocean. Millie takes advantage of their preoccupation and escapes. She hurries to her house and takes out Howard's lantern. Meanwhile, the wreckers have overpowered the lighthouse-keeper and extinguished the light. Sterling's vessel, ignorant of its whereabouts, is rapidly bearing down on the deadly rocks on the shoreline. Suddenly a white figure passes swiftly along the cliff front, and a swinging lantern warns the vessel's crew of their danger. Captain Sterling and Howard land quickly at the wharf and make their way up to the cliff. They find Millie struggling with the enraged Gorman. Startled by their approach, the wrecker turns to flee, loses his footing, and falls to a well-merited death on the rocks below. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Augustus Phillips Howard Sterling Howard Sterling See fewer	The Gates of Eden (1916)
Mary Fuller Millie Sawyer Millie Sawyer See fewer	The Huntress of Men (1916)
John Sturgeon Joe Gorman Joe Gorman See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Elsie MacLeod Actress (as Elsie McLeod) Actress (as Elsie McLeod) See fewer	The Hazards of Helen (1914)
Bliss Milford Actress Actress See fewer	Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
Frank McGlynn Sr. Actor (as Frank McGlynn) Actor (as Frank McGlynn) See fewer	Captain Blood (1935)
Richard Neill Actor Actor See fewer	The King of the Kongo (1929)
Harry Beaumont Actor Actor See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)