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The Poisoners (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

The Poisoners (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

The Count De Mel has saved the life of the Count De Braggart. The latter, though a splendid looking fellow, has shown himself to be an errant coward. De Mel takes a strong liking to him and invites him to his home. De Mel's wife falls in ...See moreThe Count De Mel has saved the life of the Count De Braggart. The latter, though a splendid looking fellow, has shown himself to be an errant coward. De Mel takes a strong liking to him and invites him to his home. De Mel's wife falls in love with Count De Braggart. Madam Jessica, an actress, who was with De Braggart when De Mel rescued him from the hands of the assassins, discovers the love affair that has grown up between these two, and instantly informs De Mel (the latter having just started on a journey), who returns and surprises his wife in De Braggart's arms. The guilty pair are startled by De Mel's reappearance, but the latter pretends not to have seen what occurred. The countess decides to poison her husband, and De Braggart agrees. The Count De Mel now decides on a peculiar revenge. His faithful old body servant, having been discharged by the countess, and his friends being denied entrance to his room, he secures the services of a doctor and nurse. These become his faithful attendants, though the countess and her paramour seem to be gaining the desired goal in spite of the physician and nursing sister. De Mel is on his last legs, the deadly drug doing its work to their heart's content, when lo! De Mel suddenly denounces them as "poisoners!" The pair are horrified by the accusation, and De Braggart shows himself in his true colors, a cowardly poltroon, putting all the blame on the countess for the dastardly deed. Then the sister throws off her robes and stands revealed as the actress, Jessica, and tells the true story of De Braggart's "heroism." The countess now comes to regard De Braggart with the utmost scorn, and turns conscience stricken to her husband, but too late! He forces her to sign a document that she will wed De Braggart when he has divorced her, or failing to do so, she will be denounced to the authorities. She finally agrees to do this, though death would almost seem preferable to living now with De Braggart. De Mel now throws off the role he was enacting under the tutoring of his nurse, the actress, and stands forth hale and hearty. All along he had been pretending to take the poison. The physician, who was really his old servant, "made over" by the actress, and that worthy lady herself, aiding him in his undertaking. As a result of the devotion of Madam Jessica he takes her in his arms and offers her his future. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Irving Cummings Count De Mel Count De Mel See fewer	Curly Top (1935)
John Sharkey Count De Braggart (as John Sharkey) Count De Braggart (as John Sharkey) See fewer	The $5, 000, 000 Counterfeiting Plot (1914)
Mary Hall Madame Jessica Madame Jessica See fewer	Camille (1912)
Miss Hempstead Countess De Mel Countess De Mel See fewer	The Poisoners (1912)

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