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Life for Life (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

Life for Life (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

The Mayor of Lakeport purchases a pulmotor to revive persons apparently drowned, and installs it in the fire-engine house, subject to the call from any citizen, "first come first served." The news of this valuable adjunct for security by ...See moreThe Mayor of Lakeport purchases a pulmotor to revive persons apparently drowned, and installs it in the fire-engine house, subject to the call from any citizen, "first come first served." The news of this valuable adjunct for security by the waterside has scarcely gone around when Jimmie Higgins, a poor boy who goes in swimming and gets beyond his depth, is unconscious when dragged to the shore by his fellows. Their efforts to revive the boy being futile, a doctor who rushes to the rescue declares, "Nothing can save him but the pulmotor." One of the boys dashes off to the engine-house and informs Mike, in charge of the instrument. Coincident with this, several miles down the lake, Walter Greer, the son of the Mayor who was sailing a sloop with a party, is caught in a squall and Walter is caught under the sail. He is final it rescued by his companions, but seems to be drowned and in a state of unconsciousness is rushed to shore in a motorboat. His father, well-nigh distracted, goes to the phone and calls up the town, ordering the pulmotor sent at once. Mike in charge of the pulmotor, is starting to the aid of the Higgins call when he hears the telephone bell ring and recognizes the Mayor's voice commanding him to come to his summer home with the pulmotor. Although the Mayor insists upon his immediate service, Mike tells him that he is second in the line and must wait, and then bolts to the rescue of the poor Higgins boy. The Mayor drops the phone, jumps in his motorcar and speeds for the engine house. He sees the group on the beach, and, frantic with grief and fear, spurts into the crowd, demands that he have the pulmotor to minister to his own boy. The crowd grows ugly and threatening and the tenseness of the scene is dramatic to a degree. Meanwhile, the doctor has succeeded in reviving Walter Greer through artificial respiration, and when the Mayor learns this, relieved of his anxiety, he comes to himself and is covered with shame at his action. He apologizes to Mike, the pulmotor man, and all concerned for his temper whetted by anxiety. Then he takes poor Mrs. Higgins and her recovered boy home in his automobile. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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9 cast members

Name	Known for
Clifford Bruce Gordon Greer Gordon Greer See fewer	Lady Audley's Secret (I) (1915)
Adrienne Kroell Mrs. Gordon Greer Mrs. Gordon Greer See fewer	The Royal Box (1914)
Tommy Flynn Walter Greer - the Son Walter Greer - the Son See fewer	When the Cat's Away (1920)
Frank Weed Mike Mike See fewer	The Coming of Columbus (1912)
Clarence Johnson Jimmie Higgins Jimmie Higgins See fewer	Nobody's Boy (1913)
Alma Russell Mary Higgins Mary Higgins See fewer	The Living Wage (1914)
Jack Nelson Alec Carrigan Alec Carrigan See fewer	A Fighting Heart (1924)
Palmer Bowman Dr. Healy Dr. Healy See fewer	Some Honeymoon (1916)
William Walcott Dr. Rich Dr. Rich See fewer	The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919)