The Wreck
Cast & Crew
Ralph Ince
Anita Stewart
Harry T. Morey
Gladden James
E. K. Lincoln
Donald Hall
Film Details
Synopsis
Sanford Carlyle, a railroad president, is so favorably impressed with Richard Hamilton, a friend's son, in comparison with his own spendthrift son Herbert, that he offers Richard a job. After Carlyle refuses Herbert's request for money to pay debts, Herbert, caught forging a check, appeals to his stepmother, Carlyle's young bride Rita, for help. Rita, who has been thrown together socially with Richard, arranges for Richard to meet Herbert one night on a bridge. When Carlyle overhears Rita make the appointment, he finds Richard, accuses him of having an affair with Rita, and in their struggle, throws him into the river. Carlyle's anguish after he hears Herbert's explanation becomes nearly unbearable when Richard's father arrives to view the body. John Squires, a yardman discharged for drinking, tells Carlyle that he witnessed the killing, and demands to be rehired. Later, Carlyle travels West with Herbert, who now is contrite and devoted to his father. When Squires, who drunkenly engineers the train, fights with the foreman, the train has a head-on collision with another train. Carlyle, after finding Herbert dead, is reconciled with Rita.
Director
Ralph Ince
Cast
Anita Stewart
Harry T. Morey
Gladden James
E. K. Lincoln
Donald Hall
William Dunn
Crew
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Notes
This film was originally released in three reels on December 2, 1913 by General Film Co. It was originally copyrighted by the Vitagraph Co. of America; September 19, 1913; LP1627. According to one review of the 1913 version, Sanford Carlyle, along with his son Herbert, dies in the train wreck at the end of the film. According to an ad for the film, the train wreck scene cost $40,000 to stage. Because William S. Adams, the co-cinematographer, is not listed for this film until the 1921 MPSD, he probably was responsible for shooting the added footage.
