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  • The Gold That Glittered (1917)
  • Short | Short, Comedy, Drama
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The Gold That Glittered (1917)
Short | Short, Comedy, Drama
Armed with $25,000, a brave heart and a store of simplicity as to New York and its ways, General Falcon arrives in the metropolis from South America to purchase arms for revolutions. After a long walk he finds a small side street hotel ...See moreArmed with $25,000, a brave heart and a store of simplicity as to New York and its ways, General Falcon arrives in the metropolis from South America to purchase arms for revolutions. After a long walk he finds a small side street hotel with a card in the window stating Spanish is spoken here. The General gets a cordial welcome from Mrs. O'Brien, the proprietress. The impressionable stranger falls in love with her. That evening upon a walk he meets with various metropolitan adventures with traffic, and is returned to his lodgings by "Spider" Kelly, an adventurer of the slums, who plays Good Samaritan with a confidence game victim in view. Kelly, having his prospect successfully located, takes Jimmie Dunn as a partner in his scheme to relieve the Latin-American of his $25,000. They hire a warehouse for three days, store it with rifle cases filled with bricks, and pester General Falcon to close the deal. About this time Mrs. O'Brien, who is not so guileless as the stranger, realizes that he is in peril of being plucked, and to distract his attention makes herself so attractive that he ignores all business in adoring her. When the day arrives for the inspection of the arms, Dunn, a shabby Bowery tin horn sport, brazenly poses as the U.S. Secretary of War as Kelly brings in the victim. Mrs. O'Brien, the latter's guardian angel, comes along too, and prying about discovers the substitution of bricks for guns. When the hour appointed for the exchange of General Falcon's bankroll for arms finally arrives the conspirators find him sans cash. He has married Mrs. O'Brien and she has blarneyed him into buying the hotel. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Thomas R. Mills
Writers
O. Henry (story) | Katherine S. Reed
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Updated Jul 31, 1917
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Jul 1917 (United States)

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4 cast members
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Albert Roccardi
General Falcon General Falcon   See fewer
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Mrs. O'Brien Mrs. O'Brien   See fewer
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Frank Brule
'Spider' Kelly 'Spider' Kelly   See fewer
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Jimmie Dunn Jimmie Dunn   See fewer
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