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Hilary of the Hills (1915)
Short | Short, Comedy

Hilary of the Hills (1915)

Short | Short, Comedy

Hilary lives with her father, Jim Durland, in an isolated mining camp in the hills, several miles from Black Hollow, the nearest railroad station. Ben Lee, the mining camp bully, is in love with Hilary. The girl has known Ben all her life;...See moreHilary lives with her father, Jim Durland, in an isolated mining camp in the hills, several miles from Black Hollow, the nearest railroad station. Ben Lee, the mining camp bully, is in love with Hilary. The girl has known Ben all her life; she is a little afraid of him, but he exercises a certain influence over her. He asks her to marry him, afraid to refuse, she puts him off, tells him he must wait. Her father and the miners look upon the pair as practically engaged. A strike is threatened at the mine. Robert Grayson, the mine owner, who lives in the east, sends his son, Theodore Willard Grayson, to investigate the trouble. The elder Grayson, a hardened, grasping money maker, has never treated the miners fairly, and is hated by his employees. Ted believes he can accomplish more with the men if his true identity is unknown, owing to their hatred of his father. On arrival at the mining camp, Ted is introduced to the miners (and later to Hilary) as Ted Willard, the new mine superintendent. Ted is in sympathy with the miners and does his best to better their condition, but they have been ill-treated for so long, they distrust him and refuse to believe that he is actuated by fair motives. In Leila, the dance hall entertainer, Ted recognizes his only sister. A few years prior to the opening of the story, Leila married Robinson against her father's wishes. Mr. Grayson refused to forgive her and drove her from home. Later Leila discovered that Robinson was a gambler; they drifted to the mining camp, where he deserted her. Her letters to her father, begging for forgiveness, were never answered. Unable to leave the mining camp without funds, and forced to support herself, she became a dancer. To avoid bringing disgrace on the name of Grayson, Ted and his sister meet in public as strangers. While Ted is trying to effect a reconciliation between his sister and their father, Leila meets him secretly at his cabin in the woods. Ted and Hilary become interested in each other, and their friendship ripens into love. Ben, the camp bully, notices Ted's interest in Hilary, becomes jealous of him and spies upon him. Ben sees Leila, the dancer, going to her brother's cabin in the hills at dusk, and mistakes her for Hilary. Filled with jealous fury, he follows the girl. Leila quarrels with her brother and leaves the cabin before Ben arrives. Ben accuses Ted of having Hilary hidden at the mine, which results in a desperate fight between the two men on the edge of the cliff. Hilary accidentally witnesses a meeting between Ted and the dancer, where Ted, with his arm around Leila is trying to comfort his unfortunate sister. Unaware of their true relationship, Hilary becomes jealous. Mr. Grayson, in the east, failing to receive satisfactory reports from his son Ted, determines to visit the mine. He notifies Ted that he will arrive at Black Hollow, the nearest railroad station, on Friday, and will bring money for the next payroll. Ted starts with a horse and buggy to meet his father. Ben learns that Mr. Grayson is bringing money for the payroll, and with two confederates, he plans to rob Ted and Grayson at Wind River, a lonely point on the road. Hilary learns of the plot, secures the aid of several cowboys, and starts for Wind River. Ben and his confederates overtake Ted and his father before Wind River is reached. The masked men order the occupants of the buggy to climb out and turn over the money. Instead of complying, Ted strikes the horse a sharp blow with the whip and makes a wild dash for liberty. Ben and his confederates follow in pursuit. In the desperate fight which follows Mr. Grayson is wounded, and Ben is killed before Hilary and the cowboys arrive. Mr. Grayson is taken to Durland's cabin where Hilary cares for him. Leila at the dance hall hears the cowboys talking of the hold-up. She inquires it anyone was hurt, and is told that old Grayson was shot. Thinking her father was killed, she faints. Later she hears that her father was only wounded and goes to Durland's cabin to see him. A reconciliation takes place, and Hilary learns that the dancer is Ted's sister, not his sweetheart, and he induces her to fill the latter role. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Gertrude Bondhill Hilary of the Hills Hilary of the Hills See fewer	The Unborn (1916)
Ralph Gray Ted Grayson Ted Grayson See fewer	Love's Probation (1915)

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