Rule G
Cast & Crew
George W. Lawrence
Harry L. Stevenson
Lawrence Katzenberg
A. C. Posey
Paul Gillette
Jack O'connor
Film Details
Synopsis
In a railroad machine shop, a drunken foreman accidentally knocks out a youth. Revived with alcohol, the staggering youth gets caught in the giant gam wheel and is crushed to death. After an investigation by Silent Smith, the railroad detective, the railroad adopts "Rule G," which prohibits drinking during duty. When the foreman and other employees are fired for drinking in a "blind pig," or illegal saloon, they plan revenge. The foreman finds Sandy Weston, an old engineer whose daughter Myra is loved by both the foreman and a young machinist, drunkenly sleeping at his engine. After setting the switches, the foreman opens the throttle so that the locomotive crashes into the newly formed Railroad Men's Club. The men try to blow up a train, but a new safety device invented by Myra's machinist suitor prevents this. After strikers, led by the foreman, are drenched with water from a locomotive hose, the machinist bests the foreman in a fight. The employees accept Rule G, and the railroad is soon awarded a medal for safety.
Cast
Harry L. Stevenson
Lawrence Katzenberg
A. C. Posey
Paul Gillette
Jack O'connor
Kathleen Emerson
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This was the first film of the Blazon Film Producing Co., which was located in San Francisco. The film was approved by prominent railroad heads who also appeared in the film. Southern Pacific Railroad supplied locations, equipment and employees to act in the film, including a general manager, a shop detective, engineers and workmen. Most of the cast were not trained actors.
