The Girl and the Crisis
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William V. Mong
Director
Dorothy Reid
Ellen Wilmot
Charles Perley
Oliver Barnitz
Harry Holden
Jacob Wilmot
William V. Mong
The Honorable Peter Barnitz
Alfred Hollingsworth
David Houston
Film Details
Release Date
Feb
26,
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States
Synopsis
Lieut. Governor Oliver Barnitz accedes to the governorship when his predecessor, failing to call out the militia during a riot at the Wilmot plant, is shot and killed by terrorist Oliver Poole. Faced with the dilemma of whether or not to commute the assassin's death sentence, Barnitz falls into a troubled sleep and dreams of being forced to cast judgement on his father in a similar position. Rather than sentence his father to death, Barnitz takes his own life. Awakening from what has been a dream, Barnitz decides, urged on by his fiancée, Ellen Wilmot, to commute the murderer's sentence to life imprisonment. He does so at the last minute, but the strain has been too great and the condemned man dies from heart failure.
Director
William V. Mong
Director
Cast
Dorothy Reid
Ellen Wilmot
Charles Perley
Oliver Barnitz
Harry Holden
Jacob Wilmot
William V. Mong
The Honorable Peter Barnitz
Alfred Hollingsworth
David Houston
Forrest Seaberry
John
Film Details
Release Date
Feb
26,
1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.
Distribution Company
Universal Film Mfg Co.; Red Feather Photoplays
Country
United States
