Volume II: Filmography

THE RESCUE

October 11, 1914 (Sunday)

Length: 1 reel (1,000 feet)

Character: "A drama of forgiveness thrillingly won"

Cast: Mildred Heller (Alice), Harry Benham (Harry, Alice's brother), Arthur Bauer (Mr. Sinclair), Mayre Hall (Ann Sinclair), William Noel (Harry's friend)

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, September 26, 1914:

"Alice thinks the world of her brother Harry, who always has been her companion in all of her out-of-doors sports. When he falls in love with Ann Sinclair, she becomes intensely jealous. Harry partly wins her over, but when he tries to affect a reconciliation between the two girls, Ann is obstinate. One day at the beach Ann is caught out in a launch which gets on fire. From the shore Alice sees her danger. As there is no one within call, and the engineer of the boat, panic stricken, has deserted Ann, she jumps into the water and puts her reputation for swimming to good account. Harry arrives just in time to pull the two exhausted girls into his speedboat. And then he has the happiness of seeing his sister and sweetheart kiss and pledge friendship."

REVIEW, The Bioscope, January 21, 1915:

"Here we have fine young men and pretty young women in one of those fresh, clean, bright, natural stories which the Thanhouser Company knows so well how to make. The film does not boast much of a plot - it deals merely with a sister's jealousy of her brother's wife and the manner in which a reconciliation is effected - but it is quite a sufficient peg on which to hang the personalities of three pleasant young people, delightfully represented by Harry Benham, Mayre Hall and Mildred Heller."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, October 24, 1914:

"A very pretty, well-constructed comedy-drama that is sure to please. A woman, jealous of the perfectly innocent relationship between her husband and her sister, is rescued by that sister from a burning boat and all ends happily. Some of the swimming, diving and boating scenes are very beautiful."

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