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The Black Sheep (I) (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Black Sheep (I) (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

The excesses of his dissipated son, Philip, bring Simeon Carruthers to the verge of financial ruin. His efforts to reform Philip prove vain; they quarrel, and the boy leaves his father's house forever. In order to recoup his fortune ...See moreThe excesses of his dissipated son, Philip, bring Simeon Carruthers to the verge of financial ruin. His efforts to reform Philip prove vain; they quarrel, and the boy leaves his father's house forever. In order to recoup his fortune Carruthers proposes to the rich widow Dallas. After their marriage the widow's son, George, returns from abroad. He is a rising young novelist. Carruthers is informed by a firm of solicitors that he has been appointed a guardian of his deceased brother's daughter, Clare, who inherits a fortune. The girl comes to live with him. and he determines that she shall marry Philip, for whom detectives, hired by him, are searching the city. Philip has fallen in with Stewart Routh, a gambler, whose pretty wife, Harriet, is of great assistance to him in fleecing young men. The gamblers cheat Philip of all his money, and when he discovers the trick, propose that he enter into partnership with them. He accepts and becomes active in the business. Clare falls in love with George, a circumstance which so displeases Carruthers that he plans to get rid of the novelist. He contrives to make George appear guilty of having stolen his pocketbook, and orders him from the house. George's novel is accepted and he receives advance royalties. He falls in with Philip, who introduces him to the Rouths. The partners cheat him at cards. He takes his loss so heavily that Philip pities him and returns his money. The Rouths do not approve of this, and a quarrel ensues, as a result of which Stewart Routh kills Philip. Suspicion is fastened upon George, and he is arrested. Clare, visiting him in prison, learns that he, coming upon the scene after the murder, found a button clasped in Philip's hand. She is on her way to question the Rouths when she meets a Salvation Army collector of old clothing, who has just received from the gambler's wife an overcoat with a button missing. The button matches those on the coat. As the police enter Routh's apartment he commits suicide. George is cleared. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Edward Cecil Simeon Carruthers Simeon Carruthers See fewer	The Beast (1916)
Hector V. Sarno Philip Carruthers - Simeon's Son Philip Carruthers - Simeon's Son See fewer	Martin Chuzzlewit (1914)
Jane Wolfe The Widow Dallas The Widow Dallas See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
G. Raymond Nye Stewart Routh Stewart Routh See fewer	Nine and Three-Fifths Seconds (1925)
Violet Reed Harriet (as Violet Reid) Harriet (as Violet Reid) See fewer	The Power and the Glory (1918)
Vola Vale Clare (as Vola Smith) Clare (as Vola Smith) See fewer	Who Cares (1925)