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The Strange Case of Talmai Lind (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Strange Case of Talmai Lind (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Carl Lind is a collector and trainer of animals. Lind is a periodical drinker and when intoxicated is brutal and unreasonable. Lind, while intoxicated, enters an arena which contains an unruly lioness. He beats and curses the beast, until ...See moreCarl Lind is a collector and trainer of animals. Lind is a periodical drinker and when intoxicated is brutal and unreasonable. Lind, while intoxicated, enters an arena which contains an unruly lioness. He beats and curses the beast, until Hilda Lind, the wife, unable to longer stand the sounds of the tortured beast, rushes to the arena and begs her husband to desist. In a drunken rage, Lind grabs his wife and exclaims, "You want to come in, do you? Well, here, you will. If I can't tame this cat maybe you can." He shoves Hilda into the cage with the lioness. Later Lind realizes what he has done. He rushes back to the arena and is surprised to find his wife unharmed. He promises never to drink or be brutal to animals again. Not long afterwards a child comes to gladden the home of the Linds. As she gains in years, her character is found to be a strange one. Whenever the animals are abused, Talmai, the daughter, seems to also experience pain. Twelve years later Talmai is a beautiful tawny-haired girl, quiet and silent. She has no special friends except her father and mother and the lioness born on the same day as she. Amos Drew is engaged by Lind as assistant animal trainer. He falls in love with Talmai at first sight. However, Talmai does not return this love, and not only she but the wild animals seem antagonistic, sensing the inherent brutality of the man. Drew tortures the lioness and this torture is almost simultaneously experienced by Talmai, who attacks Drew with all the savagery of a wild animal. This infuriates Amos, and he plots to torture Talmai through the mediumship of the lioness. Talmai meets Paul Burnham, an artist. She is attracted to the young man, not knowing that he is engaged to Vera Stokes. In despair she appeals to her mother and says, "Mother, I am different. All my life people have shunned me. They are afraid of me. Even the man I love is afraid." Then it is that the mother tells Talmai what had happened in the wild animal arena the night before the girl was born. Talmai ascends a mountain peak. Below she spies Paul and his fiancée. At the wild animal arena, Amos Drew, in a drunken wrath, goes toward the lioness' cage. The animal springs at him. He torments her a minute or so, just to see her in a fury. Then he deliberately fires his gun. Talmai on the mountain peak screams in agony. She clutches at her dress, tears it open and falls over the rock. Paul Burnham and Vera hear Talmai's screams. They run to the spot where she is lying. Burnham quickly stoops over to lift her. He speaks her name, she recognizes him, smiles and then passes away. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Kathlyn Williams Hilda Lind - the Mother / Talmai Lind - the Daughter Hilda Lind - the Mother / Talmai Lind - the Daughter See fewer	The Rosary (1915)
Wheeler Oakman Paul Burnham Paul Burnham See fewer	Lights of New York (1928)
Guy Oliver Carl Lind - the Father Carl Lind - the Father See fewer	Only the Brave (1930)

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