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Sweeter Than Revenge (1915)
Short | 10 min | Short, Western

Sweeter Than Revenge (1915)

Short | 10 min | Short, Western

In the mining town of Gedney, Bess Bowen, saloon keeper, and Molly McCall, laundress, both select as a mate, Joe Best, a prosperous miner. After changing his mind two or three times, he finally selects Bess. Jealous, Molly McCall, goes to ...See moreIn the mining town of Gedney, Bess Bowen, saloon keeper, and Molly McCall, laundress, both select as a mate, Joe Best, a prosperous miner. After changing his mind two or three times, he finally selects Bess. Jealous, Molly McCall, goes to Joe with a trumped-up story that Bess is a desperate criminal. Joe goes to Bess, secures the return of the engagement ring, and transfers it to Molly McCall. On the evening before the wedding, Bess appears in Molly's cabin determined to do her an injury. A struggle ensues between the two women which is interrupted by Joe and several miners. It is agreed that Bess shall be punished and Molly is permitted to denominate the nature of it. She insists that Bess be whipped and driven out of town. This is carried into effect, and Bess seeks refuge in the tepee of an Indian family, who provide her with clothes of their own kind, to replace those torn from her back. The next morning in this disguise she returns to find her resort burned away. While there the stage coach, taking Joe Best and Molly away for good, drives up. Bess swears to never cease her efforts until the five men most concerned in her disgrace has met their death. Two of them, while crossing a stream swollen by a freshet, falls into the torrent and drown. The third is bitten by a rattlesnake. The fourth falls into a railway cut while fleeing from her aid is ground to pieces by a passing train. For five years she has searched for Joe Best to no purpose. One day she rides up to his door and draws her pistol. In his terror he pleads with her. "What will my poor little babies do?" Then the womanhood asserts itself, and she spares the husband of the woman she hates because of the little ones. She places them in his arms and rides away into the mountain wilderness, all the better, because she has learned that to be merciful is sweeter than revenge. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Octavia Handworth Bess Bowen Bess Bowen See fewer	Too Much Bull (1915)
Betty Brice Molly McCall (as Rosetta Brice) Molly McCall (as Rosetta Brice) See fewer	Michael Strogoff (1914)
Clara Lambert Mrs. Smith Mrs. Smith See fewer	The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch (1915)
Thurston Hall Joe Best Joe Best See fewer	Carson City (1952)
Charles Brandt Missouri Missouri See fewer	The College Widow (1915)
James Daly Kansas Pete Kansas Pete See fewer	The Road o' Strife (1915)
George Clarke Scotch Joe Scotch Joe See fewer	The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton (1919)
Bernard Siegel Frenchy Frenchy See fewer	Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)