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  • The Photograph and the Blotter (1913)
  • Short | Drama, Short
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The Photograph and the Blotter (1913)
Short | Drama, Short

Two boys working for Messrs. Brown and Company, contractors, are in love with their employer's daughter, Elsie. At a small reception given by the Browns the favored boy, Jack, proposes and is accepted. The proposal is overheard by Harry, ...See moreTwo boys working for Messrs. Brown and Company, contractors, are in love with their employer's daughter, Elsie. At a small reception given by the Browns the favored boy, Jack, proposes and is accepted. The proposal is overheard by Harry, the jealous suitor who, being annoyed at the treatment he has received, has retired to the conservatory for a quiet smoke. The young couple run to tell their folks of the engagement, all the guests having gone with the exception of Harry's sister. The Browns, having long suspected the love between the two receive the news gladly. Brown decides to promote the boys: one, his son-in-law-to-be, to a confidential position and the other to the position formerly held by Jack. This is the last straw; Harry plans to outdo his rival or get him into some trouble. Listening at the private office door he learns of special plans which are under preparation for a certain contract and about which no one with the exception of Jack and Brown know. He decides to get the plans and forward them to another contracting firm, thereby giving them a chance to underbid on the same plans. At night he enters the private office taking a flashlight picture of the plans. This he takes home to develop. He sends the photographs to C.J. Cole and Company with an anonymous letter. Brown upon hearing from them becomes suspicious of Jack having been careless in showing the plans. Words follow and he is discharged. Elsie goes to Harry's home with his sister, Helen. While there through some writing on a blotter, he discovers the photograph of the plans and with it later proves her lover's innocence. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Mar 1, 1913 (United States)

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6 cast members
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Edna Flugrath
Elsie Brown Elsie Brown   See fewer
Robert Brower
Mr. Brown - Elsie's Father Mr. Brown - Elsie's Father   See fewer
Margery Bonney Erskine
Mrs. Brown - Elsie's Mother (as Mrs. Wallace Erskine) Mrs. Brown - Elsie's Mother (as Mrs. Wallace Erskine)   See fewer
Harry Beaumont
Jack - Elsie's Fiance Jack - Elsie's Fiance   See fewer
Barry O'Moore
Harry Dwight - Jack's Rival Harry Dwight - Jack's Rival   See fewer
May Abbey
Harry's Sister Harry's Sister   See fewer
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