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Just what motive they had for turning out this 2-reeler is not evident. It lacks love interest, has little appeal, and ranks very low for plausibility J. Farrell McDonald is the leading character: a man whose piercing glance that has made ...See moreJust what motive they had for turning out this 2-reeler is not evident. It lacks love interest, has little appeal, and ranks very low for plausibility J. Farrell McDonald is the leading character: a man whose piercing glance that has made him hated by everyone in town. Ethel Ritchie, the good girl in the sleepy town, is the only one who shows him sympathy, but McDonald is peeved anyhow and decides to have his little revenge on the community. He surrounds himself with a group of villains and by force becomes the village's new mayor. That's a new one. Holding up the mayor and deposing him certainly is original. McDonald does not rule long. A real bad man, his deputy, becomes too ardent in pressing his attentions in the direction of Miss Ritchie and is discharged. In return for being discharged the wicked man blinds McDonald and becomes the mayor himself. The people apparently are used to that sort of stuff for they don't mind it very much. He of the piercing glance is taken in by the heroine and feels better after a while, although his vision is gone. Soon the town bad man enters the house and McDonald gets a strangle hold on him. In the struggle both lose their shirts. The villain is choked and everyone cheers the victor. Some mélange of drama, that. Written by Wid's, June 13, 1920 See less
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Director
Edward O'Fearna (as Ed Feeney)
Writer
Robert A. Sanborn (scenario) (as R.A. Sanborn)
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Updated Jul 5, 1920
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Jul 5, 1920 (United States)

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