The Darkest Hour
Cast & Crew
Paul Scardon
Harry T. Morey
Anna Lehr
Jean Paige
George Howard
George Majeroni
Film Details
Synopsis
Prominent New Yorker Peter Schuyler's supposed friend Lee Austin is scheming to have him marry Marion Dinsmore, who would later get a divorce and a large settlement, thus financing a subsequent marriage to Austin. The plans are ruined, however, when Peter is hit on the head by thieves and develops amnesia. He gets a job at a lumber camp in the Northwest woods using the name John Doe and exposes a scheme by the camp's manager Joe Bouvier, while falling in love with Bouvier's niece Justine. Peter marries Justine, but Bouvier fights him and hits his head with a revolver causing him to remember his life as Peter Schuyler and lose all knowledge of his time as John Doe. Peter goes to New York where Austin and Marion try to prove with a phony marriage certificate that Marion is Peter's wife. Justine, with the help of Peter's doctor, gradually gets him to remember his life in the lumber camp. The scheme is unearthed and Justine and Peter remain happily married.
Director
Paul Scardon
Cast
Harry T. Morey
Anna Lehr
Jean Paige
George Howard
George Majeroni
Robert Gaillard
Louis Wolheim
Herbert Pattee
Harry Hallem
Jane Jennings
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
According to Vitagraph press releases, part of the film was shot in the White Mountains, NH. Reviews listed Louis Wolheim's name as Walheim. Sources conflict concerning the scenario and story credits. Moving Picture World credits Marie Eve with both, while Exhibitor's Trade Review and the copyright entry credit Garfield Thompson and Edward J. Montagne with the scenario and Jane Dixon and Roma Raymond with the story.
