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The Shoal Light (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Shoal Light (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Ezra Tucker, keeper of the lighthouse for 30 years, receives a letter from the Government stating that he has reached the age limit and asking for his retirement. Tucker is heartbroken; he has a real, personal affection for the light, ...See moreEzra Tucker, keeper of the lighthouse for 30 years, receives a letter from the Government stating that he has reached the age limit and asking for his retirement. Tucker is heartbroken; he has a real, personal affection for the light, which he regards as his own. His sorrow, however, is soon replaced by a feeling of deep resentment toward the new keeper. When Coates, the new keeper, arrives at the lighthouse. Tucker refuses to meet him in a friendly manner. This angers Coates, and the two old men become hostile toward each other. Coates' son John, a young captain of a fishing vessel, arrives in port, and not knowing the way to the lighthouse, inquires of Tucker's daughter Hattie the right path. John makes a favorable impression on Hattie, as she also does on him. Several days later Hattie sets out in a small boat for the village. The boat overturns and Hattie is rescued by John. John dismisses Adamson, his first mate, for drunkenness and greatly infuriated, Adamson seeks revenge. On a very foggy night, he visits the lighthouse, overpowers old Coates and turns off the light. When Tucker goes out to bid good night to his light, he is amazed to find it is not burning, and feeling that there is some trouble, he and Hattie start for the lighthouse. They find Coates bound and senseless. Hattie is put through one of the windows of the lighthouse, climbs the stairs and lights the light, thus saving John's boat from being wrecked. Adamson, who has gone out onto the big rock out in the sea, in a rowboat, loses his boat and is drowned by the rising tide. When John reaches the lighthouse the next morning a happy reconciliation takes place between all parties, and the picture finishes with a love scene between Hattie and John. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Joseph J. Dowling Ezra Tucker Ezra Tucker See fewer	The Yankee Way (1917)
Roy Laidlaw Obediah Coates Obediah Coates See fewer	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (I) (1923)
Estelle Allen Hettie Tucker Hettie Tucker See fewer	The Road to Love (1916)
Charles Ray John Coates John Coates See fewer	The Girl I Loved (1923)
Scott Sidney Adamson Adamson See fewer	Tarzan of the Apes (1918)