A Case at Law


1917

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 18, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Triangle Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Triangle Distributing Corp.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Doc Saunders, an alcoholic, leaves his little daughter Mayme in the care of his sister and goes West to start a new life. In the little town of Sago, Doc becomes an avowed prohibitionist, thus earning the enmity of Art the saloon keeper. Back East, Mayme grows to adulthood and marries reporter Jimmy Baggs who has just been hired by the newspaper in Sago. When Jimmy begins to drink heavily, Mayme appeals to the town doctor for help. Doc Saunders, recognizing her, chooses not to disclose that she is his daughter, but instead invites them to move into his house for treatment. Jimmy reforms until one day he is sent to the saloon to get a statement on the liquor question for his paper. When Jimmy returns home drunk, Doc, enraged, invades the saloon brandishing a gun and shooting wildly. Doc is arrested and tried, but pronounced not guilty by a jury that sympathizes with him. With Art's power finally broken, Doc confesses to Mayme that she is his daughter, and the family sees an end to their troubles.

Film Details

Release Date
Nov 18, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Triangle Film Corp.
Distribution Company
Triangle Distributing Corp.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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