Volume II: Filmography

THE FINAL RECKONING

March 9, 1915 (Tuesday)

Length: 2 reels (1,995 feet)

Character: Drama

Scenario: Philip Lonergan

Cast: Florence LaBadie (Florence Granger), Morris Foster (Captain Ross), Justus D. Barnes (Judge Granger), Ernest C. Warde (Pietro)

Location: Some scenes were filmed along the Croton Aqueduct, which was under the process of construction.

ADVERTISEMENT, Reel Life, March 6, 1915:

"This thrilling drama of love and adventure has its climax in a fearful fight between a desperate gang-leader and the police-official hero on the dizzy top of a giant dam 175 feet from the ground."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, February 27, 1915:

"Florence Granger's father, Judge Granger, incurs the enmity of Pietro, an Italian, and when the Judge is found mysteriously murdered, Captain Ross of the Aqueduct Police arrests the foreigner on suspicion. Unable to prove anything against him, however, Ross is obliged to release Pietro. Florence, who some time before had promised to marry the young police captain, is so chagrined at his failure to discover the slayer of her father, that she breaks her engagement to him. Disguised as an Italian girl, and aided by her perfect knowledge of the language, she contrives to hide herself in the meeting place of Pietro and his band, where she overhears him describe in detail how he murdered Judge Granger. The shock causes her to faint. This leads to her discovery and, bound hand and foot, she is left by the men in care of a woman confederate. During the woman's absence from the shanty the place gets afire, and Florence barely is rescued by Captain Ross. The following day, Ross traps the Italian in a dramatic fashion at the top of the aqueduct, where a fight ensues in which the captain risks his life. It is Pietro, however, who makes the misstep, which sends him to his death at the bottom of the dam one hundred and seventy-five feet below. Florence forgives her lover."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, March 13, 1915:

"Another two-reel number in which Florence LaBadie does some detective work. She aids an Italian woman in the recovery of her child. Later her own father is stabbed by Pietro, for revenge. The girl then undertakes to discover the murderer and succeeds in rounding him up. Morris Foster plays the part of the young captain of the mounted police. The scenic features in the second reel, presumably taken along the construction work of the Croton Aqueduct, are very fine. The fire scene is also unusually good and some genuine thrills are achieved toward the close."

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