A Letter from Home - Cast

A Letter from Home (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

A Letter from Home (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

John Armory is appointed special State's Attorney to investigate the timberland grafting situation. He breaks the news to his fiancée, Ruth, and a week later they are married. J.R. Zerkel, a timber king, meets Armory at the country club ...See moreJohn Armory is appointed special State's Attorney to investigate the timberland grafting situation. He breaks the news to his fiancée, Ruth, and a week later they are married. J.R. Zerkel, a timber king, meets Armory at the country club and offers him a bribe to report things in a normal condition, but the latter refuses to listen to him. The attorney and his wife leaves Chicago for Westchester, where he takes up active work in his investigation. His time is limited, which necessitates his neglecting his wife, which later nearly breaks his heart when he discovers in her diary that she is lonesome and wants to return home. Zerkel sends a wire to Phillip Bently, a banker in Westchester, informing him to offer Armory a handsome sum to drop the investigation. Bently tries and fails. A few days later Zerkel's right-hand man. Clutton, arrives in Westchester under an assumed name and tries to force Armory to accept the bribe. Armory's love tor his wife prompts him to accept, but she, aware of the fact that her husband has been acting strangely for a day or so, plays eavesdropper and is overwhelmed with disgust when she sees her husband accept the tainted money. Later that evening she confesses to her husband that she loves him more than she does the big city, the bright lights and everything she is accustomed to, and if he will return the tainted money to the crooked lumbermen, she will be perfectly contented to remain in Westchester with him the rest of her life. Armory returns the money, much to the discomfort of Clutton and informs that gentleman that he is going to see the investigation through and that the bribe offered him will only be another piece of evidence for placing him and his gang behind the bars. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Travers John Anthony (as Richard C. Travers) John Anthony (as Richard C. Travers) See fewer	The Man Trail (1915)
Gerda Holmes Ruth Anthony Ruth Anthony See fewer	Robin Hood (1913)
Helen Dunbar Ruth's Mother Ruth's Mother See fewer	Siege (1925)
Harry Dunkinson Zerkel - the Timber King Zerkel - the Timber King See fewer	On Trial (1917)
John Cossar Clutton Clutton See fewer	My Lady of Whims (1925)
Billy Robinson Philip Bentley (as William Robinson) Philip Bentley (as William Robinson) See fewer	The Raven (1915)
Frank Dayton Hotel Proprietor Hotel Proprietor See fewer	The Fall of Montezuma (1912)
Tommy Harper Hotel Bellboy Hotel Bellboy See fewer	A Daughter of the City (1915)