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Jane of Moth-Eaten Farm (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

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Jane of Moth-Eaten Farm (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Lawyer Raynforth of the village of Meadowsweet, receives a letter from Australia informing him that village belle Jane, daughter of Farmer Gail, has come into a legacy for $60 million and 35 cents. This arouses the wicked lawyer's cupidity...See moreLawyer Raynforth of the village of Meadowsweet, receives a letter from Australia informing him that village belle Jane, daughter of Farmer Gail, has come into a legacy for $60 million and 35 cents. This arouses the wicked lawyer's cupidity and he determines to win Jane for himself. He goes to her and demands her hand in marriage. Jane refuses and the lawyer expresses his determination to foreclose the mortgage he holds on their gramophone. This vile threat frightens Jane and her parents. Rather than lose the gramophone, Jane determines to marry the lawyer. She then gets a letter saying that her faithful sweetheart, brave sailor Jack Harrington, has left his ship and is on his way to join her. The lawyer drags her from the house to marry him. Their faithful servant. Soft Sammy, has stolen into the lawyer's office and substituted in the envelope the Australian letter for the mortgage. He meets the sailor and informs him of the wedding to take place. He and the sailor and the sailor's chauffeur arrive at the City Hall in time to frustrate the villain's plan. The villain, wild with rage, flourishes the mortgage envelope in Jane's face, when Soft Sammy asks the sailor to demand to see the mortgage. When the villain produces it he finds it is a letter from Australia announcing that Jane is an heiress. The sailor kicks the lawyer out. The lawyer determines to have revenge on the sailor. He hires two gunmen, who capture and bind the sailor, and carry him to the Old Mill, where the lawyer is waiting for them. They drag him inside to the torture chair. Soft Sammy follows, and when he finds that the sailor is in the hands of the villain, he rushes off to get aid, but, unfortunately, his foot gets caught in a bear trap. The gunmen bind the sailor with irons to the cellar floor, and branding irons are put into the furnace. A note is sent by the villain to Jane, in the sailor's name, telling her to come to the Old Mill at once. She does so, and to her horror finds her sweetheart in peril. The lawyer tells her that unless she consents to marry him he will brand the sailor's face with the hot irons. The sailor refuses to allow her to do so, and finally they brand him with the fatal letters C.O.D. In the meanwhile Soft Sammy has managed to get free and rushes to Jane's home. He tells her father and mother and their butler the news. They get a huge cannon and set off for the Old Mill. They arrive on the scene just in time. They blow down the door. The shot kills the two desperadoes; the sailor is released and falls into Jane's arms. The wicked lawyer is taken out, put against the wall, and blown out of his clothes by the cannon. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Jane Gail Jane Gail Jane Gail See fewer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
William E. Shay Jack Harrington - Jane's Sweetheart Jack Harrington - Jane's Sweetheart See fewer	Robespierre (1913)
Howard Crampton The Cab Driver The Cab Driver See fewer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
William Welsh The Banker (as William J. Welsh) The Banker (as William J. Welsh) See fewer	The Bull's Eye (1917)