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The Return of James Jerome (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Return of James Jerome (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Cal McCall is the assistant shipping clerk in the office of Roger Winton, a wealthy ship owner. In a quarrel over some bills with the old head clerk, Ditson, Cal is discharged, and Captain Moore, the other party to the quarrel, leaves to ...See moreCal McCall is the assistant shipping clerk in the office of Roger Winton, a wealthy ship owner. In a quarrel over some bills with the old head clerk, Ditson, Cal is discharged, and Captain Moore, the other party to the quarrel, leaves to take the matter up with Winton. Joyce, Ditson's daughter, is secretly in love with Cal, and is very unhappy over the conference. Cal is betrothed to Lorna Bates, the private secretary of Winton, but Lorna succumbs to her love of beautiful things, and when Winton proposes, accepts him. After his discharge Cal calls on her, and she returns his ring. Utterly disheartened, Cal proceeds to drown his troubles in drink. Meanwhile, Winton goes with Captain Moore to argue with Ditson about the bills. Ditson, angered, would strike Winton, but the latter fells him with one blow. The old man does not rise, and Moore makes the awful discovery that he is dead. Winton is horror-stricken but he sees a way out when Cal drunkenly staggers into the room, having been attracted by the lowering of a shade. Winton knocks him unconscious and then has Moore take him on board the Vinnie, which sails that night. The next day the papers announced Cal as the murderer of Ditson. When Cal comes to, the Vinnie is far out at sea, and Captain Moore makes him believe that he killed Ditson while drunk. A month later, Winton and Lorna are married, and she immediately starts to indulge in great extravagance. Cal makes his escape from Vinnie by a dive, and Moore thinks he has been drowned. But a native of a tropical isle finds Cal unconscious on the beach and carries him home. After a delirious fever of some weeks, hair has turned snow-white, and he is much changed in appearance. He finds that the natives of the island possess quantities of pearl, the value of which they are ignorant. A year later Cal, now known as James Jerome, has amassed a fortune from his pearl fisheries. Captain Moore stops at the island on one of his trips, and comes face to fact with Cal. The latter forces him to sign a confession which states that Winton is the real murderer of Ditson. In a storm shortly afterward the Vinnie is wrecked, and the crew perish. Winton receives this news with mingled feelings of joy at the thought that his crime will never be known, and worry at the loss of the boat, for Lorna's extravagances are rapidly ruining him. And then to the city comes the wealthy Mr. Jerome. Lorna and Winton both think of Cal McCall when they see him, and yet Jerome is very different. Cal is not alone in wreaking his vengeance. As Jerome, he breaks Winton on the stock exchange, and the latter is forced to accept a humble position in the shipping office he once controlled. Cal lives in Winton's home, and Joyce is his secretary. Joyce finds herself loving the man who reminds her of Cal McCall, and her love is returned, unknown to her. But Cal's vengeance is not yet complete. He invites Winton and Lorna to a reception at their former home, and Lorna is forced to pawn her jewels to buy a simple evening dress for the occasion. Cal tempts them by showing them his collection of pearls. Winton sees the collection, worth a small fortune, placed in the safe of which he knows the combination. Cal's plan works. Winton tries to steal the jewels, and finds Captain Moore's confession in the safe. As he reads it in utmost horror, Cal's faithful native shoots him as a burglar. Before the assembly of guests, Cal states his true identity, and leaving Lorna to mourn over her past follies, finds happiness with Joyce. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Lamar Johnstone Cal McCall Cal McCall See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
George Routh Roger Winton Roger Winton See fewer	While the Children Slept (1913)
Melvin Mayo Lee Ditson Lee Ditson See fewer	The Death Warrant (1914)
Violet MacMillan Joyce Ditson - Lee's Daughter Joyce Ditson - Lee's Daughter See fewer	The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
Adda Gleason Lorna Bates (as Ada Gleason) Lorna Bates (as Ada Gleason) See fewer	The Sacred Bracelet (1915)
Jay Morley The Native The Native See fewer	The Little Boss (1919)
William Spencer Captain Moore (as William J. Spencer) Captain Moore (as William J. Spencer) See fewer	Peggy Leads the Way (1917)