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When Avarice Rules (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

When Avarice Rules (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Marie Summers is heiress to a rich estate and fond of wild animals. John Carney, a worthy young man, is her most ardent suitor. Adam Flint, guardian and executor of her father's estate, plans to marry Marie himself. He knows that the trust...See moreMarie Summers is heiress to a rich estate and fond of wild animals. John Carney, a worthy young man, is her most ardent suitor. Adam Flint, guardian and executor of her father's estate, plans to marry Marie himself. He knows that the trust imposed in him will revert to the man Marie weds and that if this happens his extensive speculations will be discovered. He has converted large sums of money to his own use and lost heavily in questionable mining ventures. He figures that with Marie as his wife his rascality will go unpunished. Flint proposes to Marie and is refused. Subsequently Carney is accepted. As soon as Flint hears the news he schemes to force Marie into a marriage with himself. He accompanies her to her favorite wild animal show, where she visits the cage of "His Majesty," the great African lion she has adopted as her playmate. Antonio, one of the keepers, cruelly prods the beast. This arouses Marie's indignation. She bitterly denounces Antonio and threatens to report him to the management. Flint is quick to see Marie has made a bitter enemy. He instructs the keeper to meet him in a secluded spot in the grounds and while Marie's attention is distracted by the approach of Carney and his sister, Myrtle, who have come to join her, Flint slips away and induces Antonio to join him in a conspiracy to kidnap Marie. Antonio suggests that Marie be imprisoned in a hut guarded night and day by a number of ferocious lions. This plan is eventually carried out. As soon as Flint is notified that Marie is securely locked in the hut, he tells Carney that Marie, having decided to break her engagement with him, has gone away to avoid seeing him. Carney is heartbroken. His sister insists there is something wrong and talks over the matter with her sweetheart, Bob. In skirting the Flint premises for some clue that will lead to the discovery of Marie's whereabouts, Myrtle and Bob witness a conference between Flint and Antonio and see Flint hand Antonio a sum of money. When Antonio sulks away Myrtle and Bob follow him. Antoinette has noticed her husband's peculiar conduct and by watching him discovers Marie's presence in the hut. Her jealousy aroused, she reprimands Antonio. A fight follows. Running from the house, Antoinette meets Bob and Myrtle to whom she tells the cause of her trouble. Flint, believing he has disposed of Carney, visits Marie under the protection of Antonio. Flint tells Marie that to gain her liberty she must marry him. She refuses, declaring she would rather be the death bride of a lion. Flint leaves her to her fate. Returning home he prepares to abscond with the remainder of Marie's fortune. Carney, now doubting Flint's statement that Marie is false, goes to the zoo with Myrtle and Bob, and with the aid of Antoinette, Marie is saved. Upon being arrested as a kidnapper Antonio implicates Flint and the police go after the dishonest guardian. Marie and Carney intercept him as he is about to flee the country. He is defiant but the officers of the law appear and overpower him. The entire scheme is exposed and Carney and Marie are again united. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Goldie Colwell Marie Summers Marie Summers See fewer	Why the Sheriff Is a Bachelor (1914)
Harry Linkey Adam Flint Adam Flint See fewer	The Masked Rider (1916)
John Oaker John Carney John Carney See fewer	Joan the Woman (1916)
Lorena Foster Myrtle Carney Myrtle Carney See fewer	Breakers Ahead (1918)
Jack Abbott Bob - Myrtle's Sweetheart Bob - Myrtle's Sweetheart See fewer	Graft (1915)
Jack Bonavita Antonio - a Lion Keeper (as Jack Bonavita and His Bostock Animals) Antonio - a Lion Keeper (as Jack Bonavita and His Bostock Animals) See fewer	The Woman, the Lion and the Man (1915)
Vera Robson Antoinette - Antonio's Wife Antoinette - Antonio's Wife See fewer	The Rajah's Sacrifice (1915)

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