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  • On the Great Steel Beam (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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On the Great Steel Beam (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Lombardi was the foreman in charge of the construction work on the seventh floor of the massive office building. John Rourke, an iron worker in Lombardi's section, had on several occasions come into contact with the foreman's petty ...See moreLombardi was the foreman in charge of the construction work on the seventh floor of the massive office building. John Rourke, an iron worker in Lombardi's section, had on several occasions come into contact with the foreman's petty tyrannies. Rourke paid little attention to Lombardi. But one day, Lombardi stopped at the ironworker's house, and attempted to flirt with John Rourke's wife. John came to the assistance of the frightened woman, and sternly ordered the foreman off. The next day, Lombardi informed Rourke that his services were no longer required. Before Rourke had left the building a long delayed "thunderbolt" fell on Lombardi. He had been warned several times that the company would not countenance any further infractions of their rules on his part. Therefore, when the contractors visited the building unexpectedly and found Lombardi placidly enjoying a forbidden pipe, they discharged him summarily. To Lombardi's vengeful temperament, the mere fact that he had been discharged was as nothing in comparison to the fact that Rourke was appointed foreman in his place. All his hatred toward the men who had discharged him was transferred to the account of the erstwhile inferior who had supplanted him. The next day while the new foreman ate his lunch, a heavy sledge hammer flashed past him, missing him by a mere breath, and buried itself in the ground. The fall of the hammer was followed by a terrible shriek from above. Lombardi, in his desire for revenge, had become careless. The act of dropping the hammer had upset his balance. He had fallen, and was now hanging by his finger ends from a swinging steel beam. in one of the most sensationally realistic scenes which have ever been attempted in pictures, we watch Rourke climb a rope to the assistance of his fast-weakening enemy. Just before he reaches him, Lombardi's last finger-hold slips. He falls, but Rourke, bracing himself on the rope catches him in midair and safely brings him to the ground. The picture closes when the grateful Italian kisses the hand of his rescuer. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Ashley Miller
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Sydney Booth
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Jan 6, 1914 (United States)

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John Rourke John Rourke   See fewer
Frederick the Great (1914)
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Lombardi Lombardi   See fewer
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