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The Shriek in the Night (1915)
Short | Short, Drama, Romance

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The Shriek in the Night (1915)

Short | Short, Drama, Romance

The story deals with a "bull movement" engineered by C.P. Allison, a prominent New York operator, whose daughter, May, is visiting at a mountain resort, where the Lathrop family, father, mother and son, are staying for the summer. Miss ...See moreThe story deals with a "bull movement" engineered by C.P. Allison, a prominent New York operator, whose daughter, May, is visiting at a mountain resort, where the Lathrop family, father, mother and son, are staying for the summer. Miss Allison is pressed into service by her father to obtain information from Billy Lathrop, whose father is supposed to control the stock of an Eastern railroad, and to gain that end she attempts to win him from his sweetheart, Patsy. While the stock movement is progressing the elder Lathrop receives a telegram from his New York office conveying the information that Allison is about to carry out a coup, that the railroad deal is tied up, and that "personal means" are necessary to save him from bankruptcy. Lathrop shows the telegram to his son. The son asks what is to be done and is told the only chance is for him to marry Miss Allison. Jim Kirkley has connived to make the acquaintance of Patsy, who, piqued because of Billy's attention to May, accepts Jim's invitation to take a stroll, and afterwards rides with him through a pass in the mountains. They dismount at the roadside, where, while Patsy is picking Bowers, Jim starts the animals back to the resort. Billy is on the point of asking May to become his wife, when two horses, which he recognizes as those used by Patsy and Jim, return riderless. Billy mounts one of the animals and rides off, while guests at the resort quickly organize a searching party. Billy, riding through the forests, hears a woman's screams. He follows the sound to an abandoned cabin in the mountains, where Patsy is struggling with Jim to save her honor. Billy attacks Jim. Billy gains the advantage and is about to close on Jim's throat when Jim draws his revolver. Patsy jolts Jim's gun arm, but the cartridge is discharged, the bullet lodging in Billy's left leg. Thinking he has inflicted a mortal wound, Jim rushes from the cabin and mounts the horse upon which Billy came on the scene, and on reaching the resort, escapes in a high-powered racing car. Meanwhile, Billy has been ministered to by Patsy. Patsy helps Billy into the cabin, where they pass the night. Patsy acting as physician and nurse. The searching party has not been successful in finding Billy and Patsy and its members return to the resort. Early the following morning Patsy is successful in inducing a passing rancher to drive her and Billy to town, where a marriage license is procured. The rancher drives Billy and Patsy to the home of a minister and the young people are married. They start home and Billy is taken to his parents' suite where he is made comfortable. While the Lathrops and Patsy are gathered about the couch, Mrs. Jones, Patsy's guardian and chaperone, calls to Patsy, requesting her to leave the room. But when Patsy tells her that they are now married, consternation reigns. At this point a messenger arrives with a telegram, which advises Lathrop that Allison is merely a figurehead in the railroad deal, and that Patsy's father, C.P. McGrath, is really the power behind the big deal. When the unique situation dawns upon Lathrop he joins his wife in congratulating Billy and Patsy. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
J. Warren Kerrigan Billy Lathrop Billy Lathrop See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Helen Leslie Patsy Patsy See fewer	Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916)
Mae Talbot Actress (as Mary Talbot) Actress (as Mary Talbot) See fewer	Gloriana (1916)
Ethel Phillips Actress Actress See fewer	The Sign of the Cross (1914)
Norbert A. Myles Actor Actor See fewer	The Daughter of Dawn (1920)
T.D. Crittenden Actor Actor See fewer	The Old Nest (1921)
Hazel Buckham Actress Actress See fewer	Liberty (1916)