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In the Shadow of Death (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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In the Shadow of Death (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

In answer to a query by a priest who is browsing about his curiosity shop. Monsieur Felix explains that the large clock in his place is not for sale, but that he will give its history. Thereupon, he launches upon his story, the scene of ...See moreIn answer to a query by a priest who is browsing about his curiosity shop. Monsieur Felix explains that the large clock in his place is not for sale, but that he will give its history. Thereupon, he launches upon his story, the scene of which is in the home of the beautiful Lizette, in Paris. Lizette is alone with her grandfather, who gives her a handsome brooch set with pearls for her birthday. Louis Spencer, a young Englishman, in love with Lizette, comes to the house, and is persuaded by her to ask her grandfather, who is her guardian, for Lizette's hand in marriage. When the grandfather learns that Louis' income is small, he refuses and a sharp verbal battle ensues. The housekeeper, eavesdropping, hears the argument. Jacques, the Rat, enters the house soon after, and after a scuffle with Lizette's grandfather, kills him and steals, among other things, a pearl which had dropped from the brooch. Louis had, the same day, taken the brooch to Monsieur Felix to have the catch repaired. Louis, Lizette and the housekeeper rush into the room at the sound of the scuffle, the housekeeper arriving upon the scene just in time to see Louis hold up the bloody knife with which the old man has been murdered. When the gendarmes arrive, summoned at her call, she accuses Louis of murdering her master, and after Louis has been taken away, tells the officers that the brooch has been stolen, ignorant herself of the fact that her employer had given the brooch to Lizette the night before. The following day Lizette goes to Felix's to get the brooch. She hides and when Felix closes up the place, she breaks a case and withdraws the brooch, intending to keep it, as Felix would tell the police that her sweetheart left it there, and he would be branded as the thief and murderer. Felix is aroused by the sound of the case breaking, and comes downstairs. He sees nothing out of the ordinary, as Lizette had taken refuge in the large clock. The next morning gendarmes come to see whether the brooch has been left there, and they find Lizette in the clock. She is arrested for theft and she and Louis are convicted of their respective crimes in the police court. Jacques goes to Felix's to get his watch repaired and leaves a small chamois case, containing a pearl, in the place by mistake. Felix recognizes it as one missing from the brooch. Jacques is traced to his abode, where he is found dead, having committed suicide. Louis and Lizette are released. The picture fades into the men in Felix's shop, showing him completing the story. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Bessie Learn Lizette Lizette See fewer	Her Grandmother's Wedding Dress (1914)
Edward Earle Spencer - Lizette's Sweetheart Spencer - Lizette's Sweetheart See fewer	The Wind (1928)
Frank McGlynn Sr. Lizette's Grandfather (as Frank McGlynn) Lizette's Grandfather (as Frank McGlynn) See fewer	Little Miss Marker (1934)
Mrs. William Bechtel The Houskeeper The Houskeeper See fewer	The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914)
William West Monsieur Felix Monsieur Felix See fewer	The Rise and Fall of Weary Willie (1911)
George A. Wright Jacques aka The Rat (as George Wright) Jacques aka The Rat (as George Wright) See fewer	The Catspaw (1916)
The Brazilian Nut The Dancer The Dancer See fewer	In the Shadow of Death (1915)