A Day of Havoc - Cast

A Day of Havoc (1915)
Short | 10 min | Drama, Short

A Day of Havoc (1915)

Short | 10 min | Drama, Short

Estelle Adair, daughter of a family of high social position but now in straitened circumstances, permits herself to be urged into a marriage with Brant Hudson, a self-made millionaire, who desires the alliance for the sake of the social ...See moreEstelle Adair, daughter of a family of high social position but now in straitened circumstances, permits herself to be urged into a marriage with Brant Hudson, a self-made millionaire, who desires the alliance for the sake of the social advantages it will afford him. There is no pretense of love on either side. Immediately after the wedding, Hudson takes Estelle to his magnificent country house. The same day she learns that she has been the victim of a cowardly trick on the part of her father, he having induced Robert Dabney, the man with whom Estelle had been in love and who has been absent for a year, to go away and keep silent as a condition to receiving the father's approval of his marriage to Estelle. She also discovers that Robert still loves her. and that he has returned to the country. Robert sees into the plot and determines to see Estelle at once. He makes his way to the Hudson home and by chance gains access to the building without being observed by any of the servants. Hudson, who has been absent for a short time, returns and interrupts the interview between his wife and her former sweetheart. Estelle is in an agony of terror as to what may happen in the room where she has left Robert and Hudson, and is not unprepared for the shock when a footman bursts into her boudoir with the news that Hudson has been murdered, though by whom no one knows. Chance had again favored Robert, and he had left the house unobserved. Hudson and Estelle having been the only persons aware of his visit. Estelle is torn by conflicting emotions. She realizes that if she keeps silent, Robert may not even be suspected. On the other hand, her conscience demands that she give up one whom she thinks a murderer. Her conscience proves stronger than her passion, and she summons the police. A few moments after she has telephoned she is terrified by the sudden entrance into her room of Antonio, Hudson's chauffeur, who declares his love for her. Antonio tells her how, since he first saw her, he has been mad with love and jealousy, that, himself being poor, he permitted her marriage to Hudson so that she might become wealthy, and that it was he who killed Hudson in order that she might be free again. Meanwhile, Robert is writing a letter to Estelle, telling her of his interview with her husband, how Hudson, no less than themselves, had been deceived by the girl's calculating father, and how, upon learning of her love for Robert, declared that he would assist in having the marriage annulled in order that Estelle and Robert might marry. As Antonio concludes his confession, the officers enter the room. Antonio makes a mad effort to escape, leaping through the window, pursued by the bullets from the officers' revolvers. A little later the chauffeur's dead body is found lying beneath the window. A year later Robert and Estelle enter into their tragically delayed happiness. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for A Day of Havoc.

Cast	+ Add Cast
5 cast members

Name	Known for
Ethel Clayton Estelle Adair Estelle Adair See fewer	Pettigrew's Girl (1919)
Thurston Hall Brant Hudson Brant Hudson See fewer	Carson City (1952)
Francis Joyner Robert Dabney Robert Dabney See fewer	Mr. Housekeeper (1916)
Walter Law Estelle's Father Estelle's Father See fewer	Camille (1917)
Joseph Kaufman Antonio - the Chauffeur (unconfirmed) Antonio - the Chauffeur (unconfirmed) See fewer	A Woman Went Forth (1915)