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The Carriage of Death (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The Carriage of Death (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Very different are the lives of the rich signor's daughter, who has all of the world's best things, and the orphaned peasant girl who drudges through the long days for her dissolute uncle. The peasant girl's uncle makes her plow the fields...See moreVery different are the lives of the rich signor's daughter, who has all of the world's best things, and the orphaned peasant girl who drudges through the long days for her dissolute uncle. The peasant girl's uncle makes her plow the fields so that he may have more time to drink, but her peasant lover makes the work light and the hours short. One day the rich signor's daughter rides by and stops because she sees that they are so happy. She questions them and learns of the uncle who forces a girl to do a man's work in the fields. Indignant, the signor's daughter rides to the inn and reprimands the uncle for his brutality. That night the uncle proposes a scheme that will mean both vengeance and money. He knows that the signor's daughter is to attend a ball that night and she will have to ride home through the mountains alone. With three others of his ilk he plans to capture her and hold her for ransom, or death. The peasant girl, in her poor little attic room, hears of the plot. She thinks of the rich girl who has spoken so kindly, and manages to escape via the window. She badly sprained her ankle in doing so, but she was determined, and made her way to her lover whom she told of the plot. While he went to the signor's house, she left for a convenient place to intercept the daughter to warn her of impending danger. On the mountain road she stopped the carriage of the rich girl and told her of the plot. Incredulous, the signor's daughter took the peasant girl into the carriage, and it drove straight to the men who were waiting. The bandit-leader-uncle would have vented his rage on the girl he knew had tried to warn his victim, but his crafty brain knew that there would be a common fate of death for both of his victims. He intended to get both vengeance and money. The bandits sent the driver with a note to the signor that demanded five thousand lire within two hours. The note told that delay would mean death. He showed it to the girls, and the little peasant feared that the help her lover had gone to bring would come too late. Though the lover, with the signor and other men, were riding furiously, the mountain miles were many and the minutes few. The uncle drove them to a blind road at the top of a hill so that he might watch for the return of the messenger. There was but one road to escape, and that was down the hill. And at the bottom of the hill his men were waiting with ready carbines to riddle the carriage at the first attempt to pass. The uncle went into the thicket for a better view down the hill. The peasant girl jumped from the carriage to turn the horses in a daring attempt to escape. At the foot of the hill the three outlaws watched for the return of the messenger. They saw instead the girl's father and two others riding toward them. And at the top of the hill the driverless carriage was dashing toward them, the scarf of the signor's daughter fluttering from the side in the breeze. From the other side of the hill came the father and the others. But the carriage of death won. Three puffs of white smoke came from the bushes. There was a sudden lurch of springs as a dead body rolled from the seat. The horse, wounded, fell between the shafts as the girl's father went to the carriage. He is greatly astonished to see that the body which fell out of the carriage is that of the uncle and not his daughter. When he turned around he saw his daughter and a peasant girl coming forward with a sturdy peasant boy helping them. He ran to his daughter and clasped her in his arms. As he kissed her and held her tight the peasant boy explained. He had gone on ahead of the others and he knew many short trails over the mountains. He had taken one and had dismounted his horse so that he could go into a thicket that screened a high rock that commanded the whole country-side. There he surprised the bandit by overcoming him. But when he tried to put him into the carriage, a captive, the horses had taken fright and dashed down the hill. The signor listened, he puts his hands on the shoulder of the peasant girl and the peasant boy and told them that a thousand lire would be their wedding present. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Marian Swayne Rose - a Peasant Girl Rose - a Peasant Girl See fewer	The Adventures of Kitty Cobb (1914)
Bert Delaney Bert - Rose's Sweetheart Bert - Rose's Sweetheart See fewer	The Net (1916)
Morgan Jones Rose's Uncle Rose's Uncle See fewer	What Becomes of the Children? (1918)
William P. Burt Signor Signor See fewer	Her Father's Gold (1916)
Gladys Dore Signora Bella - Signor's Daughter Signora Bella - Signor's Daughter See fewer	What Becomes of the Children? (1918)
Virginia Lee Actress Actress See fewer	Destiny's Isle (1922)