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The Master Stroke (1915)
Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

The Master Stroke (1915)

Short | 20 min | Short, Comedy

Violet and Fanny Warden, whose father's ruination and death has been caused by a criminal clique of financiers, are being aided by Wallingford and Daw to recover a part of the stolen funds. J.D. Prine is the next name on the list, and this...See moreViolet and Fanny Warden, whose father's ruination and death has been caused by a criminal clique of financiers, are being aided by Wallingford and Daw to recover a part of the stolen funds. J.D. Prine is the next name on the list, and this is the way it is led to the sacrificial stake. Violet and Fanny learn from Qualey, a discharged employee's of Prine's that Prine and his associate bankers have $350,000 in bad loans for which they may be sent to jail. They relay this information to Wallingford and Blackie Daw. Wallingford goes to the crooked bankers and telling them they are wise to their game, offer to take over the bankers' bad loans for a consideration of $100,000. The frightened bankers gladly agree to this and J. Rufus takes over their debts, receives $100,000, and immediately proceeds to double cross the pirates. J. Rufus has speculated $5,000 in a lot next to Prine's general store on Main street, and in an excruciatingly funny scene has thousands of skunks shipped to him, for use, as he says, in the chemical factory he is about to start there. The awful smell drives customers out of Prine's store adjoining, and J. Rufus sells $5,000 option on the farm to J.D. Prine for $10,000. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Burr McIntosh J. Rufus 'Jim' Wallingford J. Rufus 'Jim' Wallingford See fewer	Way Down East (1920)
Max Figman Blackie Daw Blackie Daw See fewer	The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1914)
Lolita Robertson Violet Warden Violet Warden See fewer	The Man on the Box (1914)
Frances White Fanny Warden Fanny Warden See fewer	Paranoid Park (2007)
Edward O'Connor Onion Jones Onion Jones See fewer	The Gilded Kidd (1914)