Comrade John


1915

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 29, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Balboa Amusement Producing Co.
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Comrade John by Samuel Merwin, Henry Kitchell Webster (New York, 1907).

Synopsis

Architect John Chance, before building a "Dream City" for a religious cult leader, Prophet Stein, visits Paris and rescues an American girl, Cynthia Grey, from riotous masqueraders at a carnival. After they part, Cynthia returns home. Meeting Stein aboard a ship, and having an idealistic nature, she becomes a follower of Stein, who thinks her beauty will attract others. Chance builds the city, agreeing to say it was made by the "comrades" so that Stein's motto, "Beauty Through Toil," will seem to be true. Cynthia and Chance fall in love and when Stein, a married man, attempts to seduce Cynthia, Chance tells the newspapers, which expose Stein and his financially fraudulent practices. The "comrades" burn the "Dream City" and Chance saves Cynthia, while Stein, attempting to leave with his ill-gotten money, dies when a burning beam falls on his head.

Film Details

Release Date
Oct 29, 1915
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Balboa Amusement Producing Co.
Distribution Company
Pathé Exchange, Inc.; Gold Rooster Plays
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Comrade John by Samuel Merwin, Henry Kitchell Webster (New York, 1907).

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