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  • Between Two Fires (1914)
  • Short | 22 min | Short, Drama
Between Two Fires (1914)
Short | 22 min | Short, Drama
About the time that General Lee was preparing to invade the North, Alfred Archer was sent by the Federal Government into Pennsylvania to look after the secret preparations to circumvent that wily general's further advance. He advises his ...See moreAbout the time that General Lee was preparing to invade the North, Alfred Archer was sent by the Federal Government into Pennsylvania to look after the secret preparations to circumvent that wily general's further advance. He advises his old friend Applegate that as he will be in his vicinity he will call upon him and renew his suit of Cicely, Applegate's daughter. Applegate is delighted, but Cicely resents her father's desire to marry her off to Archer. Applegate in a rage tells her she shall never marry the man of her heart, Everett Kenyon, as he is a rebel. About this time Kenyon is sent by Lee to get information regarding the country through which he intends to march. Kenyon runs across Archer and knocking him senseless, gets away with his papers. He sends Cicely a secret message to the effect that later in the evening he will throw a pebble against her bedroom window so that she may come out and meet him. Archer is taken to the Applegate home. As the guest room is not in order Applegate compels Cicely to give up her room to him. Cicely protests and Applegate locks her in the guest room to get over her temper. Archer discovers a photograph of Kenyon in the room and realizes it is the same man that stole his papers. At the same time Kenyon shows up and throws a pebble against the bedroom window to attract Cicely. Archer, seeing who it is, shoots him from the window. Kenyon is brought in unconscious and the papers recovered. Cicely is apprised of her sweetheart's condition and told to take care of him. Then Kenyon is revived, but with a resulting loss of memory. Archer leaves to complete his mission, placing Kenyon in Applegate's care until his return, when he intends to give him over to the authorities. When he returns some weeks later he finds Kenyon recovered, but still in the dark as to who he is and what has gone before. Cicely tries to arouse the resemblance of their former love and to get him to escape, but fails. After Archer and Kenyon leave. Archer sees a better way to revenge himself on Kenyon. Without realizing what he is doing Kenyon allows Archer to enlist in his regiment and later, when the two armies meet, Kenyon is fighting side by side with Archer against his old companions in gray. At a crucial moment in the battle Kenyon gets the Confederate flag away from the flag bearer. Then his memory returns and he tears the hated blue and rebel flag clutched in hand and turns on the Yankees in an effort to help drive back their advance. One of his former fellow officers sees the action and remembering that Kenyon turned traitor and entered the Northern ranks has him captured and sent back of the lines under guard. After the battle, Archer is brought dying to the Applegate home. There he makes a clean breast of the matter and Cicely hurries off to the Confederate lines to help her lover in his extremity. Kenyon is court-martialed, but Cicely gets to the general in command just in time to get his release. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Edgar Jones
Writer
George Terwilliger (scenario)
Producer
Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Jan 8, 1914
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Jan 8, 1914 (United States)

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Everett Kenyon Everett Kenyon   See fewer
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