Name: Checkers
Released: 1913
Cast: Thomas W. Ross, Jack Regan, Gertrude Shipman, Katherine La Salle, Alfred Sidwell

Brief Synopsis

Edward Campbell, known as Checkers, is a racetrack tout. Determined to reform himself, he foreswears gambling, but must take it up once more in order to save someone he loves from disaster.

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

Nov 1913

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

All Star Feature Corp.

Distribution Company

State Rights

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel Checkers: A Hard Luck Story by Henry Martyn Blossom (Chicago, 1896) and his play Checkers (New York, 28 Sep 1903).

Technical Specs

Sound

Silent

Color

Black and White

Film Length

6 reels

Synopsis

The amiable Edward Campbell, known by all as "Checkers," falls in with bad company after his mother's death, and before long, he loses all of his money in a gambling house, where he becomes a dealer. Mistakenly suspected of killing a man, Checkers flees the city, accompanied by horseracing tout "Push" Miller. In Hot Springs, Arkansas, Checkers befriends Arthur Kendall, who makes him a clerk in his father's general store. Arthur's fiancée, "Pert" Barlow, wearies of Arthur's drunken sprees and breaks their engagement, whereupon Checkers falls in love with her. Discouraged by Pert's father, Checkers resolves to make his fortune but is unable to find work. Desperate, he bets his last dime on a horse named "Remorse" and wins five thousand dollars. Checkers then prevents a run on Barlow's bank by depositing his winnings there, and with Barlow's hearty approval, he prepares to marry Pert.