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  • The Dancer's Ruse (1915)
  • Short | Drama, Short
The Dancer's Ruse (1915)
Short | Drama, Short
Lydia, a famous dancer, pleases the military governor of the province. He seeks to win her. Dimitroff, her sweetheart, brings word that the governor has ordered the execution of her brother who is a nihilist. She sends Dimitroff to his ...See moreLydia, a famous dancer, pleases the military governor of the province. He seeks to win her. Dimitroff, her sweetheart, brings word that the governor has ordered the execution of her brother who is a nihilist. She sends Dimitroff to his excellency with a note asking the governor's favor for the bearer. Dimitroff is taken into the governor's service as butler. On the eve of her brother's execution, Lydia sends a note to the governor stating that she will visit him. He prepares for her coming, arranging that their privacy shall be uninterrupted by anyone save Dimitroff. who will serve them. Lydia submits for a time to the governor's embraces, and secures his autograph. Dimitroff puts a sleeping potion in the governor's liquor and when he loses consciousness the dancer plays her trump card. The butler is a man of the same build as his master; a clever counterfeit of his hair and beard has been prepared. Now Dimitroff makes up as the governor, and Lydia writes her brother's pardon above the signature of the only man who has power to save those condemned to die. With the disguised Dimitroff she enters the governor's private car and they drive furiously to the prison, arriving just as her brother faces the firing squad. The pardon sets him free; Lydia hurries him into the car and they make haste toward the frontier. A ship bound for America is reached in safety and all three sail for a new life in a free country. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Jan 30, 1915
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Jan 30, 1915 (United States)

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Claire McDowell
Lydia - the Dancer Lydia - the Dancer   See fewer
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Frank Evans
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Charles West
Lydia's Brother (as Charles H. West) Lydia's Brother (as Charles H. West)   See fewer
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Henry A. Barrows
Dimitroff Dimitroff   See fewer
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