The Truth Wagon


1914

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 14, 1914
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Masterpiece Film Manufacturing Co.
Distribution Company
Alliance Films Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Truth Wagon by Haydon Talbot (New York, 26 Feb 1912).

Synopsis

Wealthy young John Ross, a notorious practical joker, surprises everyone when he announces to reporter Helen Dean that he will purchase The Truth , a dying newspaper owned by her father. He wages war against crooked politicians, then, when his father, who is running for governor, tells John that he is a tool of "The Machine," the two become estranged. John then decides to back Mr. Dean for the office. The Machine later forces John to trade a compromising story about Helen for an article which he plans to use against them, but he counters by telling them that his father no longer works for them. Thugs from The Machine try to wreck The Truth office, but John, aided by some prizefighting friends, throws them out. Mr. Dean wins the gubernatorial election and John and Helen marry.

Film Details

Release Date
Dec 14, 1914
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Masterpiece Film Manufacturing Co.
Distribution Company
Alliance Films Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Truth Wagon by Haydon Talbot (New York, 26 Feb 1912).

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