The Medal of Honor - Cast

The Medal of Honor (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

The Medal of Honor (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Dick Wright, captain, and Seth Bonner, lieutenant of a city fire company, are in love with Grace Rider, who accepts the attentions of both men without expressing a preference. Dick and Seth have a wordy altercation over the matter and ...See moreDick Wright, captain, and Seth Bonner, lieutenant of a city fire company, are in love with Grace Rider, who accepts the attentions of both men without expressing a preference. Dick and Seth have a wordy altercation over the matter and decide to let the girl settle the dispute at once. They go to Grace's home and urge her to choose between them. Grace, after trying to avoid the issue, gives her hand to Seth. Dick takes the decision like a man and congratulates the couple. Later in the day, while Grace and Seth are strolling, fire is discovered in Grace's home, her mother giving the alarm. Grace hurries to the house and despite Mrs. Rider's pleas, rushes into the burning structure to save her jewel box that is on the second floor. The fire department reaches the scene and Mrs. Rider implores Seth to save Grace. The lieutenant goes into the house, but loses his nerve when he finds the stairs choked with smoke and flame. He tries to ascend two or three times, then gives in to his yellow streak and sits on the bottom of the stairs, his head in his hands. Meanwhile, Grace is blinded by the smoke and has difficulty in finding her jewel case. When she does get the box from the dresser, it is too late to get out. Overcome by the smoke and has difficulty in finding her jewel. Dick, worried by the prolonged absence of Seth, goes to the side of the house, looks in a window at the foot of the stairs and sees Seth. Dick breaks in the window and when he learns that Seth is afraid, pushes him to one side and goes up the stairs himself. The captain carries Grace from her room down through the mass of flames. At the foot of the stairs Seth begs Dick to let him take Grace out. The captain, in order to keep Grace's faith in Seth unbroken, hands the girl over to Seth. Casey, a fireman, sees the transfer through the side window, but Dick orders him to keep silent. Grace believes Seth has saved her life. The fire board awards a medal to Seth and gives Grace the privilege of pinning it on. The ceremony is too much for Casey, who tears the medal from Seth's coat and insists on placing it where it belongs, on Dick. Seth is branded as a coward and there is a beginning of a true romance between Dick and Grace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Henry King Fire Dept. Capt. Dick Wright Fire Dept. Capt. Dick Wright See fewer	The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Ray Gallagher Fire Dept. Lt. Seth Bonner Fire Dept. Lt. Seth Bonner See fewer	The Prisoner's Story (1912)
Velma Whitman Grace Rider Grace Rider See fewer	Some Boy (1917)
Shorty Everett Actor Actor See fewer	The Medal of Honor (1913)