Thou Art the Man
Cast & Crew
S. Rankin Drew
Virginia Pearson
S. Rankin Drew
Joseph Kilgour
George Cooper
Harold Foshay
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Synopsis
Gilbert Raynor, a clerk in the British Civil Service stationed in India, sends for his wife Emily after a long period of diligent saving. Shortly after her arrival, Emily becomes ill, and Raynor requests a transfer to a gentler climate. Marner, Raynor's superior, refuses the request until he meets Emily and falls in love with her, after which he moves Raynor to a high-paying but dangerous post. Inevitably, Raynor contracts the fever which is endemic to the district where he is stationed. Marner, who follows Emily to the mountain area where she goes to recover, learns of Raynor's illness but does not transfer him. Finally, after Emily, who has repelled Marner's advances, learns of her husband's plight, Marner has an attack of conscience and journeys with Emily to rescue Raynor in the nick of time. Remaining in the fever zone, Marner reads the story of David and Uriah in Raynor's Bible, recognizes the parallel to his own wrongdoing, and succumbs to fever, while husband and wife are restored to happiness.
Director
S. Rankin Drew
Cast
Virginia Pearson
S. Rankin Drew
Joseph Kilgour
George Cooper
Harold Foshay
Billie Billings
William Davidson
Walter Mcgrail
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Notes
George Cameron was a pseudonym for Gladys S. Rankin Drew, the director's mother, who died on January 9, 1914 shortly after writing the script. The film opened at the Vitagaraph Theatre in New York on December 12, 1915.
