A Gentleman from Mississippi
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Cast & Crew
George L. Sargent
Thomas A. Wise
Betty Riggs
Chester Barnett
William A. Brady
Harry Weir
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Synopsis
William H. Langdon, a widower and naïve junior Senator from Mississippi, moves to Washington, D.C. with his daughters, Caroline and Hope, and his son Randolph. Without Langdon's knowledge, his children have become the prey of the unscrupulous Congressman Norton, who is engaged to Caroline. Using money given to him by Caroline and Randolph, Norton secretly buys marshland property and proposes it as a site for a new naval base in Mississippi, planning to sell it at a highly inflated price to the federal government. When Langdon learns about the plan and his children's part in it, he exposes it on the Senate floor. The speech routs Norton and restores the confidence of Budd Haines, a former investigative reporter for The Washington Post and Langdon's secretary, who resumes his courtship of Hope.
Director
George L. Sargent
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Notes
Thomas A. Wise created the role of Senator Langdon on the Broadway stage. According to a news item in Moving Picture World, the first negatives and prints of this film were destroyed in a fire at the Eclair Studios in Fort Lee, NJ in April of 1914.
