The Pursuit of the Phantom
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Hobart Bosworth
Hobart Bosworth
Rhea Haines
Helen Wolcott
Courtney Foote
Myrtle Stedman
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Synopsis
Accompanied by his dog Skookum, artist Richard Alden goes to work painting the beauty of Laguna Beach. There he courts a city woman, much to the delight of a whimsical waif who weaves fantasies about the lovers. The idyll is interrupted, though, when Wyant Van Zandt, an ambitious millionaire, steals the artist's sweetheart. Alden marries the waif, who later bears him six children. Years pass, and Van Zandt's son falls in love with Helen, the artist's daughter. Indignant at the unsuitability of the match, the millionaire forces his son to break with Helen. Thinking that his daughter's honor has been compromised, Alden attacks and chokes the youth, but at young Van Zandt's bedside, all are reconciled. An allegorical epilogue contrasts the lots of Van Zandt and Alden. To the left, the millionaire embraces a skeleton in black, while, to the right, the artist holds his wife.
Director
Hobart Bosworth
Cast
Hobart Bosworth
Rhea Haines
Helen Wolcott
Courtney Foote
Myrtle Stedman
E. J. Flynn
Nigel De Brullier
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Although the actor portraying "The poet" is only listed as "De Brullier" in contemporary sources, he was most probably the well-known actor Nigel De Brullier.
