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On the Chess Board of Fate (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

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On the Chess Board of Fate (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

The play opens when Colonel Gillard loses his money through the failure of a mining company, and monopolizes that of his brother, who is an inmate of an insane asylum belonging to a Dr. Jacques. Jacques exercises a hypnotic influence over ...See moreThe play opens when Colonel Gillard loses his money through the failure of a mining company, and monopolizes that of his brother, who is an inmate of an insane asylum belonging to a Dr. Jacques. Jacques exercises a hypnotic influence over his patients. Dr. Jacques forces the brother, under a hypnotic spell, to make out a will in his favor just before he dies. Armed with this will the doctor visits the colonel. But the colonel has squandered his brother's money, and this the doctor finds out in time. With this information the doctor blackmails the colonel into promising him Grace, his daughter, in marriage. Jack, Grace's sweetheart, hears of this and declares himself against the brutal arrangement. Later, the colonel and the doctor have a quarrel, resulting in the former being murdered. As the doctor is about to leave the house, Grace enters and observes the body of her father. Dr. Jacques hypnotizes her into the belief that she killed her father and then takes her away. Grace is kept prisoner in the doctor's house. Isabel, the doctor's fiancée, becomes jealous of Grace. The doctor, learning of this, attempts to get Isabel out of the way by poisoning her. Isabel learns of the plan and crosses it with one of her own. She learns of Jack's existence and sends for him. Jack, Grace's sweetheart, arrives when the doctor is trying to force an entrance into Grace's room. There is a duel with foils on the stairway between the two men, the doctor and Jack. The doctor is defeated and later confesses everything, while Jack and Grace consummate their love in marriage. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Leah Baird Actress Actress See fewer	Don't Doubt Your Wife (1922)
David Lythgoe Actor Actor See fewer	Competition (1915)
Stuart Paton Actor Actor See fewer	The Gray Ghost (1917)
Margaret Risser Actress Actress See fewer	Threads of Destiny (1914)
William Welsh Actor Actor See fewer	The Bull's Eye (1917)
Hobart Henley Actor Actor See fewer	Society Snobs (1921)
Howard Hickman Actor (as Howard C. Hickman) Actor (as Howard C. Hickman) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)