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After the Play (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

After the Play (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

As Warren Prescott was sitting by his fireside he heard a gentle tapping against the windowpane that attracted his attention. He saw a form bending low. The person manifested that he wished to enter, and Warren opened it, only to find ...See moreAs Warren Prescott was sitting by his fireside he heard a gentle tapping against the windowpane that attracted his attention. He saw a form bending low. The person manifested that he wished to enter, and Warren opened it, only to find himself looking into the barrel of a revolver. After binding and blindfolding his victim, the intruder escorted him to an automobile. After a long ride Warren was taken into a house where he was released of his bonds. When he opened his eyes after the bandage was removed, he saw no one, but as he looked around he saw lying upon a tiger skin, the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. The woman looked at him for a moment with a sort of languid look, and then a slight smile played about her lips, and she began to speak. "You no doubt wonder what this is all about?" Warren could do nothing but nod in assent, so bewildered was he. "I'm the Princess Olga, my father is a reigning prince in India and has betrothed me to a neighboring prince whom I dislike, and to avoid him, I came to New York, but he has followed me, and is now on his way to this house. I saw you on the street today, and felt sure that you would help me. Will you?" "The reason that I do not seek help from someone else is that the Prince must be done away with without anyone knowing of it," said the Princess. "What is the matter with your man Friday who brought me here?" Warren answered, "He seemed to understand the work thoroughly " "No, he is of my tribe, and that could not be, besides even he must not know why I had you brought here." When Warren indignantly declared he would take no part in the contemplated murder her eyes flashed fire. "Very well then, you shall never leave this house alive, for when the Prince arrives. I will tell him that you have forced yourself upon me, and he will kill you and if you attempt to leave, I have given orders that you be shot at dawn. As Warren was trying to think out a solution, some way out of the dilemma, the noise of an auto was heard. The Princess arose and hurried to the window. She turned towards Warren, and as she looked at him, she seemed to melt before him, and tears filled her eyes. She fell on her knees and pleaded. She became hysterical, she told him that she believed in him, and that he was a real man, and that he would help her. Her orders that he be shot if he attempted to escape were given in a moment of thoughtlessness; she was sorry, but now it was too late; her man was deaf, and could not be called, and was standing ready to shoot. At last a knocking at the door was heard, and a demand for admittance, and the Princess bade Warren to open, which he did at once, but as the key turned in the lock, he remembered that he had no weapon, not even a penknife. It was then too late, and a burly fellow entered. As Warren and the man stood face to face, he could see no trace of an Indian Prince in him. The man accuses Warren of being in his wife's room and demands an explanation. Warren realizes he is the victim of a "badger game" and writes out a good big check. The woman leaves to cash the check. Warren, sitting reading, turns the last page, reads for a moment, then slowly goes to the window and looks out. The rain is still beating against the window. He turns, looks at the book, smiles, shrugs his shoulders, tosses the book on the table, picks up a cigar and sits down as the picture fades out. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Herbert Rawlinson Warren Prescott Warren Prescott See fewer	The Flame Fighter (1925)
Edna Maison Princess Olga Princess Olga See fewer	Richelieu (1914)
Herbert Barrington The Husband The Husband See fewer	T'Other Dear Charmer (1918)
George Beranger The East Indian The East Indian See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)