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  • Souls United (1917)
  • Short | Drama, Romance, Short
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Souls United (1917)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short
London physician Burton Stanley returns from a trip and finds his wife interested in another man and joins an expedition to the West Coast of Africa to fight the sleeping sickness. Dying of illness is John Randall, an ivory trader, who ...See moreLondon physician Burton Stanley returns from a trip and finds his wife interested in another man and joins an expedition to the West Coast of Africa to fight the sleeping sickness. Dying of illness is John Randall, an ivory trader, who after the death of his wife, has taken his child, Marcia, and gone to Africa. A beautiful girl, she has grown up like a child of nature. Marcia, feeling that her father has contracted sleeping sickness, rushes for aid. Stanley tells her he is a doctor, and they seek the ivory trader, but he has succumbed. Stanley comforts the girl and a friendship develops which ripens into love. Intending to remain only a few weeks, Stanley's stay covers a longer period, he teaches the girl the tricks of civilization. Finally a letter arrives from his wile. She has regretted her folly, and begs him to return. He tells Marcia the truth but promises her he will not go. A young friend, Cecil Balfour, arrives in Africa, and sees Marcia in Stanley's arms. He prevails upon Stanley to go home, and he promises to do so, telling Marcia he is going to aid the fight against the dread sickness. Thinking he is going into the interior and attempting to prevent his departure, she empties his medicine chest. As Stanley prepares to leave, he becomes dizzy and knows that he has the disease. His medicine chest is missed and Marcia brings him the medicine he gave her father. Meanwhile, the natives, declaring that he has put a "bad spell" upon the village, attack his hut. Marcia is shot defending him and falls across his dead body. Mrs. Stanley, arriving in Africa, is led to the single grave where, buried together, their souls have been united. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Jan 23, 1917 (United States)

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