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  • Local Color (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
Local Color (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
In order to perfect himself for a part in a Broadway production, Edward Fenton, an actor, goes to the southern mountains to acquire the speech and mannerisms of the mountaineers. He disguises himself as a mountaineer and travels through ...See moreIn order to perfect himself for a part in a Broadway production, Edward Fenton, an actor, goes to the southern mountains to acquire the speech and mannerisms of the mountaineers. He disguises himself as a mountaineer and travels through the wildest part of the country. After days of wandering, he falls senseless on the ground, overcome by fatigue. He is discovered by Dan Moore, an illicit whiskey dealer, who, upon seeing a signet ring on Fenton's finger, mistakes him for a revenue officer, and decides to leave him there to die. Anne Judson, a pretty mountain girl, happening to come along, finds the actor. She revives him and takes him to her home. He is received as a mountaineer and is shown every hospitality. The days go by, and Fenton becomes more and more absorbed in gathering local color. He does not notice the change that takes place in Anne. She has learned to love the man she saved, and though she would like him to know it, he is totally blind to her affection. Not so Moore, however. He is aware of her love, and jealously forms a resolution to win her for himself. Between the Moore and Judson clans there exists a feud. Knowing what will happen to Fenton should Moore expose him as a revenue officer, as he now threatens to do, Anne consents to elope with the illicit whiskey dealer to save the man she loves. When the Judson clan hears of her elopement, they ride out in pursuit of the man against whom they have sworn life-long hatred. Anne escapes and goes to Fenton, whom she urges to leave. Being now in love with her. He goes with her to the mountain fastness to evade the Moores and Judsons, who join forces to hunt them down. Trying to save Fenton, Anne is killed by Moore. Over her dead body the two men join hands in a common sorrow. When Fenton returns to New York, the applause of audiences ring in his ears. Many times there comes before him the picture of a brave and beautiful mountain girl who gave him her love and her life. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Ned Finley
Writer
Catherine Carr (story)
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Updated Jan 17, 1914
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Jan 17, 1914 (United States)

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