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La paloma (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

La paloma (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Believing that, under the American flag, there is liberty, justice and work for every man, Manuel, a Spaniard, with his daughter, Bettina, starts for America via the steerage. Manuel has a great habit of constantly whistling "La Paloma," a...See moreBelieving that, under the American flag, there is liberty, justice and work for every man, Manuel, a Spaniard, with his daughter, Bettina, starts for America via the steerage. Manuel has a great habit of constantly whistling "La Paloma," a Spanish air. Before landing, Robert Harlow, a wealthy factory owner, visits the steerage, sees and desires Bettina, and gives Manuel his card, saying he will give them both work when they land. At the factory, Bettina is taught her work by Stella, daughter of the chair-mender, Balzac. Harlow has loved and tired of Stella, and now turns his attentions to Bettina. She does not understand the meaning of his little favors and when she wishes to purchase a long-coveted necklace, she innocently asks Harlow if he will lend her the money. He tells her he has not the money at hand but if she will come to his home he will get it for her. She does so, and meanwhile, Manuel, who has been well treated by Harlow, decides to bring a little present to "the boss," as an evidence of his appreciation. Harlow locks the girl in his room and attempts to force his caresses upon her. Suddenly she hears the familiar strains of "La Paloma" and calls for help. Manuel hears it, and hurling the flower pot he is carrying through the window, bursts into the room. Harlow, however, coolly announces that the girl has come for money, and threatens to call the police for Manuel's breaking in. The Spaniard turns to Bettina for an explanation and she, fearing more trouble, makes light of the affair. They leave the house, and Harlow, going to the window, is mysteriously shot. Policemen hear the shot and finding the body with the Spaniard's flower pot smashed on the floor, arrest Manuel for the murder. Stella, meanwhile, leaving a written confession with her father, explaining why she killed Harlow, dies by her own hand. Then follows a supreme struggle in the old chair-mender's soul as to whether he shall blacken his daughter's name by giving up the confession or let an innocent girl suffer the death penalty. Eventually he does the right thing in time to save Bettina and her father from the web of circumstantial evidence, and all ends happily. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Mary Anderson Bettina Bettina See fewer	The False Faces (1919)
George Stanley Manual - Bettina's Father Manual - Bettina's Father See fewer	The Little Minister (1922)
Corinne Griffith Stella Stella See fewer	The Divine Lady (1928)
Otto Lederer Balzac - Stella's Father Balzac - Stella's Father See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
John Sherman Robert Harley (as Jack Sherman) Robert Harley (as Jack Sherman) See fewer	The Tree of Knowledge (1912)