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  • The Remittance Man (1912)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Remittance Man (1912)
Short | Short, Drama
Cecil Rand has been allowed a monthly remittance by his brother, the Earl of Essex, and sent to Western America to make something of himself. He registers at a rough Western hotel, where he soon has a fight with Buck, a gambler and ...See moreCecil Rand has been allowed a monthly remittance by his brother, the Earl of Essex, and sent to Western America to make something of himself. He registers at a rough Western hotel, where he soon has a fight with Buck, a gambler and inebriate, who made sport of his English clothes, and after "licking" Buck, leaves the hotel. Helen Evans, the pretty daughter of a miner, has witnessed the encounter, and rather falls in love with the Englishman. She hurries home and places a card reading "Room to let," on her house. Sure enough, Rand applies for it and is taken in. Helen determines to make a westerner of him, and making him change his English riding costume for a real western outfit, secured for him a position in her father's mine. But Buck has never forgotten his beating, and revenge is his creed. He steals unobserved to the mine, and as miner Evans is being lowered in the shaft, cuts the rope. Great confusion follows, and Helen, in her excitement, promises to marry the man who saves her father. Buck rescues him and in a few days claims his bride, and when she says she loves Rand, he accuses Rand of having cut the rope. When things look worst for Rand and Helen, Ah Ling, the local launder, brings a satisfactory solution of the mystery by identifying the knife found near the rope as that of Buck's, which had maliciously cut off his own queue. Buck is put under arrest, and to complete Rand's happiness, news is received that the Earl's death has made him heir of the title and estate. And he invites Helen to share it with him. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Gaston Méliès
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Updated Mar 28, 1912
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Mar 28, 1912 (United States)

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