Rose of the Alley
Cast & Crew
Charles Horan
Mary Miles Minter
Daniel B. "kid" Hogan
Frederick Heck
Geraldine Berg
Allen Edwards
Film Details
Synopsis
After Tom Drogan precipitates his mother's death with his drunken, dissolute ways, Nell, his sister, swears to protect and reform him. On the pretext of paying back a gambling debt, Tom brings "Kid" Hogan to the house, but ends up shooting him in the forearm. Dan Hogan, Kid's brother who is a policeman, rushes to the scene and catches Tom running away. To avoid arrest, Tom tells Dan that he fired at Kid for molesting Nell, and in the face of scandal, Dan and Kid back down. As revenge, Kid enlists Mamie, his girlfriend, to force Nell into a compromising situation with a man on a street corner. Conveniently placed, Dan arrests Nell for solicitation, but Frank Roberts, her boyfriend, arrives and extricates her. When Tom hears of the plot, he confronts Kid in a dance hall and soon a raging gun battle breaks out in which Kid is killed. Badly wounded, Tom seeks refuge with Nell, who prepares to protect him with his gun. As the police break down her door, Tom dies.
Director
Charles Horan
Cast
Mary Miles Minter
Daniel B. "kid" Hogan
Frederick Heck
Geraldine Berg
Allen Edwards
Thomas J. Carrigan
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In 1917, this film was apparently re-edited and inserted into another film called Somewhere in America (see below), which was released in July 1917. The original story was altered and used as a flashback in the 1917 production. According to a contemporary news item, all of the exterior and some of the interior scenes in this film were shot on location in New York. Although pre-release news items state that the film was shot at the Columbia Pictures studios, it was distributed as a Rolfe Photoplays, Inc. production. "Kid" Hogan was a champion boxer and also worked as an art director.
