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The Taunt (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Taunt (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

William Kelcey, ex-bank cashier, who has served three years for burglary and is down and out, comes begging to the house of Fred Mack, a broker. He is greatly startled when he sees Florence, Mack's wife. She gives him a coat of her ...See moreWilliam Kelcey, ex-bank cashier, who has served three years for burglary and is down and out, comes begging to the house of Fred Mack, a broker. He is greatly startled when he sees Florence, Mack's wife. She gives him a coat of her husband's, after admonishing the maid never to admit beggars to the house again. Kelcey finds an important paper in the coat pocket proving that Mack was a former workman in the factory which made the safe Kelcey was accused of robbing, and that Mack knew a combination to open the safe at all times. Kelcey goes to Mack and tells him he can prove that he (Mack) was the real criminal, and demands $100,000 for silence. Mack pleads that he hasn't that much money, but Kelcey tells him he can get it by robbing the safe, as he did before. Kelcey then fixes a meeting place for that night, and leaves. Mack's mind goes back to the past. As Alfred McCormack, a skillful workman, he longed for riches, and so he fixed the safe, and went to the town where it was installed. He met Florence, who was then Kelcey's sweetheart, and fell in love with her. After he robbed the safe, he carefully placed evidence against Kelcey, and the latter was convicted. Afterward Mack courted her ardently, and they were married. Mack comes back to the present. He takes a revolver, ready to kill Kelcey that night in some dark place. But this plan is disposed of when Kelcey shows him a copy of a letter he mailed to a friend that afternoon. The letter reads: "I have good reason to believe that an attempt will be made upon my life, so if I do not appear within three days to claim the enclosed sealed envelope, kindly turn it over to the proper authorities. It contains the name and history of the man I fear." Mack, chagrined, can do nothing but carry out Kelcey's plan. He overcomes the watchman at the bank, and with Kelcey standing by, opens the safe. Then he turns, to face the bank officials and detectives. Kelcey says: "You see, gentlemen, who robbed the safe three years ago." Mack has fallen very neatly into the trap laid by Kelcey, for the latter has never forgotten how Florence denounced him when he (Kelcey) was convicted, and this is his revenge. And when Florence apologizes or her hasty action in the past, Kelcey is fully satisfied. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
C.C. Miller William Kelsey William Kelsey See fewer	The Discontented Man (1915)
Blanche Light Mrs. Florence Mack - Fred's Wife Mrs. Florence Mack - Fred's Wife See fewer	The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs (1915)
Jay Morley Fred Mack Fred Mack See fewer	The Little Boss (1919)
Melvin Mayo Actor Actor See fewer	The Death Warrant (1914)

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