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The Governor Maker (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Governor Maker (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Grace Parker and Mary French work in the Acme Mills. Jim Savage is a mill hand and the recognized leader of the male workers. Cyrus Wade is principal stockholder in the Acme Mills. On the day that the leaders of Wade's party notify him ...See moreGrace Parker and Mary French work in the Acme Mills. Jim Savage is a mill hand and the recognized leader of the male workers. Cyrus Wade is principal stockholder in the Acme Mills. On the day that the leaders of Wade's party notify him that he has received the nomination for governor, the directors of the mills are called into executive session. At this meeting Wade casts the vote which closes the mills and throws hundreds of factory workers out of employment. A month passes. The mill hands, now in desperate want, choose a committee, consisting of Grace Parker, Jim Savage and another man, to visit Wade and beg him to re-open his mills. Wade receives them, but makes it plain that he is not in sympathy with their purposes. That night, Jim Savage, half drunk, plays upon the feelings of his followers, and they creep into the mill intent upon setting it on fire. On the way they meet Grace and Mary. Jim acts too familiar with Grace, who slaps his face. Enraged, Jim intimates that they are about to square accounts with Wade. Whereupon Grace hurries Mary off to notify Wade, while she herself follows Jim Savage and his men. The three men break into the mills, make their way to a passageway and saturate rubbish with kerosene. Mary steals after them. As Jim is about to apply a match to the rubbish, Grace threatens him with arrest. He and the three men grab Grace and bind her. As Jim is about to make his second attempt to fire the rubbish one of the men shows the "white feather." A fight ensues, during which the other two slink off. Jim gets the better of his opponent, fires the rubbish and rushes out, leaving Grace and his helper to their fate. Mary meanwhile hails a passing auto. The chauffeur rushes her to the Wade residence, where she exposes the plot to Wade, who with his butler, enters the auto and is driven to the mills. They arrive just in time to discover Jim Savage leaving. Meeks closes with the half-drunken Jim, while Wade and the butler enter the building. Wade rescues Grace, and the butler succeeds in putting out the fire. Grace is unhurt, and Wade insists that the girls permit Meeks to drive them to their homes. A week later Wade is billed to make a political speech. Grace has obtained employment in a bakery. Jim Savage and his crowd start to mob the speaker. Wade makes his escape, and dashes down the street, the infuriated mob in close pursuit. Grace at work in the bakery, hears the noise, rushes outside, halts the fleeing Wade, and sends him through the bakery to a rear exit. She then holds the mob by hurling at them the contents of the bakery. Wade, twice obligated to Grace, offers her a position as his campaign secretary. Grace accepts. In the course of her work she frequently meets young Meeks, who is Wade's favorite nephew. Mary has informed Grace that she (Mary) has secured a position in a nearby town. Meeks endeavors to make advances to Grace, but meets with no success. One day Grace enters Wade's office as Meeks is leaving. On the floor she sees a letter which proves to be from Mary. In it Mary chides Meeks for abandoning her. Meeks misses the letter, returns for it and endeavors to force Grace to give it up. She refuses, and Meeks attempts to take it by force. In the midst of the struggle Wade enters. He demands to know the meaning of the scene. Grace is loath to tell, but Wade takes the letter from her, reads it, then orders Meeks to bring Mary to him. Later. Grace, encouraged by Wade, advises him to win his election by re-opening the mills, thus winning the labor vote and inspiring the confidence of those opposed to him. By adopting her platform Wade is elected by an overwhelming majority. Grace then resigns her position, but Wade has learned to love the clever girl, proposes marriage and is accepted. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
William Clifford Cyrus Wade Cyrus Wade See fewer	The Hidden Law (1916)
Marie Walcamp Grace Parker Grace Parker See fewer	Tongues of Flame (1918)
Sherman Bainbridge Clarence Meeks Clarence Meeks See fewer	The Raid of the Human Tigers (1913)
Rex De Rosselli Jim Savage Jim Savage See fewer	Rescued by Wireless (1914)
Doris Pawn Mary French Mary French See fewer	The Penalty (1920)
Lule Warrenton Mrs. Parker Mrs. Parker See fewer	The College Orphan (1915)