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The Five Pound Note (1915)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short

The Five Pound Note (1915)

Short | Drama, Romance, Short

Avon Ledgard, scion of a titled English family, engages in a friendly quarrel at his fashionable club with Reggie Chesterton, who declares that Ledgard has never earned a penny and never could if thrown upon his own resources. Avon lays a ...See moreAvon Ledgard, scion of a titled English family, engages in a friendly quarrel at his fashionable club with Reggie Chesterton, who declares that Ledgard has never earned a penny and never could if thrown upon his own resources. Avon lays a wager of 1,000 pounds that he can earn 5 pounds within 10 days. Meanwhile, Nell Faddon, daughter of "Jock" Faddon, receives attentions from Haggard, a brutal sailor of the "Nancy Day." Haggard is determined that Nell shall accompany him as his wife when the "Nancy Day" sails. Ledgard secures a donkey-cart and sets out for West View to win his wager. While there he meets Nell and falls in love with her. Avon encounters Haggard and wonders how he is connected with Nell. Later Reggie and his friends decide to visit West View to see their aristocratic friend at work and, finding him, proceed to have some fun. They are suddenly assaulted by Nell's father, who think Ledgard is a brother tradesman in distress. Faddon takes Ledgard to his home to escape a possible arrest and there Nell and Ledgard continue their friendship. Haggard while drunk chokes old Jock and Nell runs away. Realizing what a mistake he has made, Haggard decides to beg forgiveness with a fiendish plan in mind. As the "Nancy Day" is about to sail, Haggard plans to drug old Jock and force Nell to accompany him. That night the drunken crew, finding themselves short of a man, shanghai Ledgard and drag him to "The Humming Bird," a notorious taproom on the docks, where they cast him in a back room bound hand and foot. At the same time Haggard visits the coster's home, gives old Jock the drugged rum and forces Nell to accompany him to "The Humming Bird," where the drunken crew are celebrating. Haggard clouts a few of the more curious and then casts Nell into the side room, unmindful of the shanghaied "Coster," Ledgard. Finding her sweetheart a prisoner, Nell cuts his bonds with a piece of glass from a broken bottle. When the gang outside batter at the door she puts out the lights and steals out when the door gives way and the gang burst in. In a desperate battle, Ledgard is overpowered but, later, taking them by surprise, makes his escape. Hurrying to his club, Ledgard tells his friends that he has lost his wager. Meanwhile Nell has returned and sent her father to look for her lover, but the latter returns empty-handed. Nell is in tears when Ledgard, in fashionable attire and silk hat, appears looking for his donkey. Nell is dumbfounded at meeting such a "fine gentleman," but Ledgard seizes her in his arms and kisses her over the head of his donkey while old "Jock" shouts approvingly from his cabin door. Ledgard puts Dad up in a good business and later educates Nell to the station in life which she occupies with grace and distinction. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
King Baggot Lord Avon Ledgard Lord Avon Ledgard See fewer	Jim Webb, Senator (1914)
Frank Smith Jock Hawkins - A Costermonger Jock Hawkins - A Costermonger See fewer	A Strange Disappearance (1915)
Arline Pretty Nell Hawkins, Jock's Daughter Nell Hawkins, Jock's Daughter See fewer	The Primrose Path (1925)
Ned Reardon Haggard - A Sea Captain Haggard - A Sea Captain See fewer	The Marble Heart (1915)