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The Play of the Season (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Play of the Season (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

New England village storekeeper John Gordon holds a mortgage against miserly farmer Caleb Owens. Gordon's shiftless son Jack is in love with Caleb's daughter Mary, but she detests him, and Jack gets his father to use the mortgage to force ...See moreNew England village storekeeper John Gordon holds a mortgage against miserly farmer Caleb Owens. Gordon's shiftless son Jack is in love with Caleb's daughter Mary, but she detests him, and Jack gets his father to use the mortgage to force her to marry him. Gordon tells Caleb that he will not extend the mortgage unless the two become engaged, and Mary is forced by her people to consent to the engagement. Later a one-night stand troupe comes to the village to play "East Lynne" at the town hall. While delivering eggs to the village hotel, Mary meets David Aubrey, the handsome leading man of the troupe. Aubrey, interested in Mary, cultivates her acquaintance and escorts her back to the farm, inviting her to see the show that night. On the road back to the farm they meet Mary's jealous fiancé Jack with a rig, but Mary declines his invitation to ride to the farm, preferring to walk with Aubrey. Jack stops at the farm and warns Caleb that his daughter is flirting with "an actor,"' and Caleb severely reprimands Mary. Mary asks permission to return to town that evening to attend the show, but permission is refused. Pretending to retire early, she slips out of her bedroom and goes anyway. Her chum Ruth persuades Mary to spend the night with her and return to the farm in the morning. When Mary returns in the morning she finds her parents angrily awaiting her. They are unjustly suspicious of her and disbelieve her statement that she spent the night with Ruth. In the heat of anger Caleb disowns Mary and she returns to town, intending to make her way to the city and secure work. Packing up for the next jump, Aubrey accidentally overhears Mary sobbing as she tells the story to her chum, and taking pity upon her and realizing that he, himself, is indirectly responsible for her plight, goes to the manager and asks him to give Mary employment and take her with the troupe. The manager refuses until Aubrey makes a secret arrangement with him to take Mary's salary and expenses out of Aubrey's salary. Aubrey marries Mary and takes her to the city. They start work on a play, the action of which centers around Mary's eventful life. Gordon tells Caleb he is going to foreclose the mortgage. Caleb, not having enough money to meet it, decides to take a gambling flier in stocks. He is fleeced out of his money by bucket-shop sharpers and he and his wife leave for the city to investigate, and there Caleb finds the sharpers gone and his money lost for good. In the meantime, Aubrey's play has been accepted and is now produced with himself in the leading role. Caleb and his wife attend the same theater and are astounded to find their own sitting room portrayed on the stage and see themselves caricatured and held up to ridicule by the lines of the play. Still further embittered against Aubrey and Mary, Caleb returns to the farm. Mary writes her mother and learns that the farm is to be sold at auction at an early date. She persuades Aubrey to send down an agent and buy the farm. Several days elapse and as Caleb and his wife are packing up to leave the farm they receive the free and clear deed from Aubrey. Ashamed of the past, and wishing to make amends, Caleb writes to Aubrey and invites him and Mary to visit the farm. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Howard Hickman David Aubrey (as Howard C. Hickman) David Aubrey (as Howard C. Hickman) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Estelle Allen Mary Owens Mary Owens See fewer	The Road to Love (1916)
Walt Whitman Caleb Owens (as Walter Whitman) Caleb Owens (as Walter Whitman) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1921)
Gertrude Claire Mrs. Owens Mrs. Owens See fewer	Oliver Twist (I) (1922)
George Fisher Jack Gordon Jack Gordon See fewer	For the Term of His Natural Life (1927)