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The Jaws of Death (1914)
Short | 20 min | Short, Adventure

The Jaws of Death (1914)

Short | 20 min | Short, Adventure

After repairing the punctured tire, the chauffeur drives on, the motor-car now containing Alan, Rose and Barcus in addition to Judith and Trine. But it has gone only a short distance when the chauffeur announces he can go no farther. The ...See moreAfter repairing the punctured tire, the chauffeur drives on, the motor-car now containing Alan, Rose and Barcus in addition to Judith and Trine. But it has gone only a short distance when the chauffeur announces he can go no farther. The party prepares to camp for the night, but Rose has learned how Alan owes his life to Judith's defense of him when the motor-car overhauled the two in the desert, and furthermore intuitively divines the deepening interest in Judith which Alan is beginning to feel, but will not acknowledge even to himself. This, together with Judith's apparent contentment with the status of affairs renders the situation intolerable for Rose. She insists that they go on at all costs. Alan returns to the prospector and purchases from him his three burros. Upon these Alan. Rose and Barcus continue their flight through the remainder of the night. At dawn they come to a spot where the chasm is bridged only by a shaky affair of ropes. Out of sight of the suspension bridge they come upon the clearing and outbuildings that surround the shaft of an exhausted abandoned copper mine. They decide to camp here for a few hours of sleep. At dawn, Marrophat, Jimmy and Hicks (the two latter mounted on one horse) ride up to the stalled motor-car. Without rousing Judith, Trine, Marrophat and Jimmy confer. Trine urges them after Alan and Rose, and it is agreed that Marrophat and Jimmie shall pursue. They do so, taking the two horses, leaving Hicks to care for Trine. Judith wakens later, and finding Hicks in attendance, understands what has happened. In a rage, she starts off afoot after Marrophat and Jimmy. Haunted by visions of Alan being shot down by Marrophat, Alan's sleep is broken by a dream; he sees Judith toiling up the mountain afoot, with every indication of desperate haste, then he sees her looking at him steadfastly, her countenance expressing love and for him, as he looks, she draws a Trey o' Hearts from her pocket and holds it out to him; it has "Danger." Alan wakes up, the dream still vivid in his mind. Alan leaves both Rose and Barcus asleep and goes out to reconnoiter. As Marrophat and Jimmy are passing the clearing of the mine, their attention is attracted by the braying of the tethered burros. They investigate, find Rose and Barcus asleep, and bind and gag them, then scout about for Alan. Arrived at the suspension bridge some time after Marrophat and Jimmy have passed, Alan sees nothing to bear out the warning of his dream, but is struck by the idea of cutting down the bridge. Marrophat and Jimmy spy him from the bridge behind. Marrophat makes a flying leap to his shoulders, overcomes him and, with Jimmy's help, binds him. They then start back to the mine with Alan, for, be it known, Marrophat has conceived a hellish design. From the foot of the mine shaft two tunnels strike off, one at a level slightly higher than the other. At the junction the powder room is situated. It contains a half-keg of blasting powder, a few sticks of dynamite, and some fuse. With Jimmy's assistance he lowers Alan. Rose and Barcus to the foot of the shaft, places them in the lower level, and shuts them in with the bulkhead. Then he goes up and opens the sluice gate of the reservoir, diverting the water into the ladder shaft. Meantime, Alan (who is not gagged) has with his teeth, worried loose the bonds about the wrists of Barcus, and the latter, his hands once more freed, has wasted no time in freeing Alan and Rose. Meanwhile, Jimmy has carelessly left a candle burning in the upper level. The candle burns down and drops its flaming wick into a pile of waste. The waters mount rapidly in the lower level. Backing up against the bulkhead, Alan and Barcus sustain Rose between them. They are in water to their chins, their heads against the roof of the tunnel. The fire in the upper level ignites the fuse Marrophat has laid to the powder keg. The explosion follows. But instead of caving in the shaft, it blasts out the rock round the bulkhead and blows the latter in, letting the water out. Alan swarms up the bucket-rope hand over hand, then uses the windlass to draw, first Rose, then Barcus, to safety. Marrophat and Jimmy have mounted and ridden on. Meantime Judith has come to the suspension bridge. When she is in the middle, it falls away beneath her feet. She catches the hand rope, however, and, by its aid, gains the farther side. Then she hurries on, apprehending disaster and blaming the cutting of the ropes on Marrophat. She arrives at the clearing just as Alan and Barcus are assisting Rose to walk away from the shaft. Her unconcealed relief at seeing Alan safe and sound deepening Rose's distrust. She draws aside, first thoughtful, then jealous, then heart-broken. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Cleo Madison Rose Trine / Judith Trine Rose Trine / Judith Trine See fewer	Her Bitter Cup (1916)
George Larkin Alan Law Alan Law See fewer	The Lurking Peril (1919)

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