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The Escape from Bondage (1912)
Short | 11 min | Short, Thriller

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The Escape from Bondage (1912)

Short | 11 min | Short, Thriller

This is the first of a series of stories concerning a girl called Mary, and it shows her first adventure at the age of a few weeks, when she is brought in a basket and secretly left in the store of one Billy Peart. The note which ...See moreThis is the first of a series of stories concerning a girl called Mary, and it shows her first adventure at the age of a few weeks, when she is brought in a basket and secretly left in the store of one Billy Peart. The note which accompanies her, promises Billy that if he provides for her and finally sees her married to some village boy, a thousand dollars will be sent to him in addition to the five hundred which is left with the child. Of course the note is unsigned and of course Mary's parentage is therefore in doubt. After this prologue the story takes up this action. Mary is eighteen years of age and Billy has made up his mind that it is about time to fulfill the suggestion of the note and marry her to some village chap. He finds a young country lad, Tuck Wintergreen, who shows a decided preference for the girl and invites him to go ahead and win her, promising his own influence as backing for his suit. But Mary has become a dreamer and is in no mind to marry. She has made a friend of an old fisherman and sails with him in his boat, listening to tales of the great world. On one eventful day a magnificent yacht anchors in the harbor and Mary hears of the life of people who own such boats. The old fisherman, gives her a twenty-dollar pocket piece of his, telling her to keep it until the time comes when she goes forth to see the great world, and that it will help her on her way. When she returns to the ice cream parlor kept by Billy Peart, she finds the yacht people to be served with ice cream and while admiring their smart yachting suits and good breeding, she thinks of the twenty-dollar gold piece. Billy Peart sees her fondling it and takes it from her, the result is a quarrel which drives the yacht folk away from the store and sends Mary, hot for revenge, to the sitting room upstairs. There she remembers seeing Billy lock something in a drawer and in her frenzy she tugs at the drawer until the front, which has not been firmly glued, comes off and she finds herself in possession of a roll of money and a note. The note which she reads, makes her realize that she does not belong to Billy Peart, and that she has a right to flee from the life of the little country store. She defies Billy and runs to the wharf, where she begs the old fisherman to take her to the mainland. When Billy follows her, her staunch friend holds him on the pier while Mary sails away with the boat to freedom and the future, which will be told in some other stories. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Mary Fuller Mary Mary See fewer	The Huntress of Men (1916)
William Wadsworth Billy Pearl Billy Pearl See fewer	Kidnapped (II) (1917)
Elizabeth Miller Billy Pearl's Wife Billy Pearl's Wife See fewer	Martin Chuzzlewit (1912)
John Sturgeon The Fisherman The Fisherman See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Guy Hedlund Tuck Wintergreen - the Rejected Suitor Tuck Wintergreen - the Rejected Suitor See fewer	Hungry Happy's Dream (1916)