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Souls in Pawn (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

Souls in Pawn (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

John Tremain loves Violet Ellis, but she has given her heart to Dick Travers, a boy of twenty-two, who, despite his engagement to her, is throwing his money and his life away on an actress, Nina La Farge. John gets the whole story from ...See moreJohn Tremain loves Violet Ellis, but she has given her heart to Dick Travers, a boy of twenty-two, who, despite his engagement to her, is throwing his money and his life away on an actress, Nina La Farge. John gets the whole story from Violet. He goes to the woman and offers to buy her off. She laughs at him at first but he offers such a large figure that she finally listens. She is growing tired of the boy anyway. John offers her a check. She sneers. She wants none of his checks to be tripped up on. He goes to the bank. Her real lover, a musician, arrives. Dick comes in on them. A quarrel ensues. Dick strikes the other man and he goes down just as John enters with the money. He takes in the situation at a glance and wonders what he will do. Making the boy realize how worthless the woman is by her eager acceptance of the bills, the man says he will shoulder the crime and let the boy go, for Violet's sake. The man sends him off to freedom. Then he forces the woman to agree to all he says. The police are called. The man is questioned. "I murdered him because I was jealous of him," he tells them. They turn to the woman. She nods, "It is all true." Tremain is arrested and held for trial. The boy returns to Violet. Always he is haunted by a vision of the man behind prison bars. Unable to stand life away from the woman the boy goes to her apartment and begs her to run away with him. She refuses and laughs at him. The man is still in jail. Time for the trial comes. The boy, seeking only a little rest, goes into the hop joints of his city and becomes addicted to the drug. The last day of the man's trial arrives. The boy is found and carried home, almost unconscious. Violet is sent for as his condition is alarming. When Violet comes to his bed he screams and tells her: "John is doing this for you because he loves you." Then he gives himself up and loudly confesses: "I did it. I killed him. He was Nina's lover." Violet gathers enough to realize the truth, goes to court, creates a big scene and saves John at the last moment. Nina is called and, frightful of the consequences, tells all the details. John is vindicated and all go to the boy's home. The detective wants to go in, but they explain he is very ill. Violet stands in the door with John. The boy begs her forgiveness and then dies. The detective is dismissed and Violet falls on her knees at the boy's side and weeps. Silently John steals away. But later, in the spring time, John comes to her, in the country, and she does not send him away. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Ben F. Wilson John Tremaine (as Ben Wilson) John Tremaine (as Ben Wilson) See fewer	The Power God (1925)
Dorothy Phillips Violet Ellis Violet Ellis See fewer	Broadway Love (1918)
Joseph W. Girard The Musician The Musician See fewer	Captain Midnight (1942)
William Courtleigh Jr. Dick Travers Dick Travers See fewer	Neal of the Navy (1915)
Vivian Prescott Nina - the Actress Nina - the Actress See fewer	The Open Road (1912)