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The Black Wallet (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Black Wallet (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Rival ranch owners Strong and Ford are both given the chance to purchase a valuable water right; the first comer gets it. Strong easily forges ahead of his rival. Ford, who is with his daughter Mabel, is ill and unable to ride fast. Ford's...See moreRival ranch owners Strong and Ford are both given the chance to purchase a valuable water right; the first comer gets it. Strong easily forges ahead of his rival. Ford, who is with his daughter Mabel, is ill and unable to ride fast. Ford's foreman, Stuart, meets his boss and at his request takes the black wallet containing the money to purchase the water right and rides hard to beat Strong. He is too late, however, and when Strong rides away with the deed he waylays and shoots him. Stuart extracts the deed from Strong's pocket and places it in the black wallet. The money in the wallet Stuart keeps himself to pay some old gambling debts. Strong, unseen, raises on his elbow a moment, sees the wallet, and, not recognizing his assailant, believes it is Ford who shot him. Strong later manages to find his way back to his house, but is unable to talk, and his son Hal is summoned from college. Meanwhile, Ford and Madge go back to their home, and Ford lives just long enough to thank Stuart when he brings in the deed. Ford dies, and Madge continues the management of the ranch herself. Hal arrives from college and his father accuses Ford, then falls back dead. Hal swears to avenge his father's death. Pretending to be a tenderfoot, he secures a job at the Ford ranch and learns, to his surprise, of Ford's death, and that his daughter is carrying on the ranch. Hal and Mabel fall in love, but he is haunted by the thought that her father is his father's murderer. Mabel, like her father, uses the black wallet containing the deed as her bank. Stuart knows this and steals the money. Madge misses the money and the foreman blames it on Hal and rides out to "get him" before Madge can halt him. He meets Hal on the edge of a steep cliff, sends a bullet into his shoulder, and Hal falls over the edge. He fortunately strikes on a ledge a short way down. Madge, following, lets herself down by a rope and goes to his assistance. The murder and robbery are fastened on Stuart and he is summarily dealt with. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Gayne Whitman Hal Strong (as Alfred D. Vosburgh) Hal Strong (as Alfred D. Vosburgh) See fewer	Money Madness (1917)
Estelle Allen Mabel Ford Mabel Ford See fewer	The Road to Love (1916)
George Stanley Actor Actor See fewer	The Little Minister (1922)
William Weston Actor Actor See fewer	The Blackbird (1926)
Otto Lederer Actor Actor See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)