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  • Fifty Years After Appomattox (1915)
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Fifty Years After Appomattox (1915)
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Over the graves of her brother and her husband, on Memorial Day, Dorothea, the little old lady, lives again in the days of her young womanhood. When war was declared in '61, John, her only brother, went to the front. Anxious to do what she...See moreOver the graves of her brother and her husband, on Memorial Day, Dorothea, the little old lady, lives again in the days of her young womanhood. When war was declared in '61, John, her only brother, went to the front. Anxious to do what she could for her country, Dorothea became one of that band of brave women, who as secret service agents, risked their lives within the hostile lines. On one occasion, she was arrested and incriminating papers found in her possession. She was sentenced to be shot. A young Southern officer, touched by her beauty and youth, personally appealed to Jefferson Davis and won her release. Later, while nursing in a Federal hospital, Dorothea again met the Southerner. He was wounded and a prisoner. In the act of aiding him to escape, she was detected by her brother. When, however, she reminded John that it was to Randolph Serviss that she owed her life, he no longer opposed the means that she had taken of repaying her debt. At the close of the war, Randolph came North and married Dorothea. Little by little, the Southerner and Captain John forgot their old enmity and became close friends. Now they lie side by side in the family plot. And Dorothea, "with a touch impartially tender," strews with flowers the resting places of "the Blue and the Gray." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Ernest C. Warde
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Jul 4, 1915 (United States)

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Lorraine Huling
Dorothea Dorothea   See fewer
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Boyd Marshall
Randolph Serviss - Dorothea's Sweetheart Randolph Serviss - Dorothea's Sweetheart   See fewer
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