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The False Shadow (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The False Shadow (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

John Mason and his friend, Fred Sterling, a doctor, are both in love with Grace Gordon. John knows nothing of Fred's love. He proposes to Grace and is accepted. Grace's father, a strong believer in eugenics, gives his consent to the ...See moreJohn Mason and his friend, Fred Sterling, a doctor, are both in love with Grace Gordon. John knows nothing of Fred's love. He proposes to Grace and is accepted. Grace's father, a strong believer in eugenics, gives his consent to the marriage, but suggests that John submit to a medical examination. John goes to Fred, telling him of his engagement, and asking him to make the examination. Fred finds John in perfect health, but seeing a way to put his rival out of the way, he substitutes a drop of blood from a diseased patient, and tells John he cannot be married. Overcome by the blow, John writes to Grace's father, telling him the result of the examination, and asking him to keep the real truth from Grace. He is unable to apply himself to the magazine illustrating at which he has made a success, and goes down the scale until he is a mere outcast, hoping only for death. Sterling renews his attentions to Grace, but finds her brokenhearted over John's disappearance. She falls ill and Fred attends her. All his skill is of no avail, and with Grace on the verge of death, he decides that John must be brought back. He tells the father of his act. He and the father go in search of John. Meanwhile the artist has taken a little room in a tenement. His money is gone and his clothes are in rags. He sits in the squalid room, praying for death. In the hall below, two children are playing with tin cans filled with burning paper. They hear their mother coming and fearing punishment hide the cans behind a barrel of trash. Fred and Gordon searching for John, come to the tenement. It is in flames. At an upper window they see John. Fred dashes up the burning stairs. John has welcomed the fire as a means of egress from life and locks the door. The doctor calls but John will not answer. He tears a rung from the burning staircase and breaks in the door. He tells John the truth, that he is not tainted with disease. The two men try to escape, but find the stairway cut off. Fred is nearly overcome, and John drags him back into the room. The only way of escape is by the window. They climb out and succeed in reaching the roof. They see a fire ladder and make their way toward it. John reaches the ladder and turns to help Fred. As he reaches out his hand, the roof collapses and Fred is carried down into the flames. John returns with Gordon to Grace's bedside, where he takes her in his arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
John Ince John Mason John Mason See fewer	The Great Jewel Robbery (1925)
Violette Stringer Grace Gordon Grace Gordon See fewer	In Old Virginia (1914)
Robert Whittier Fred Sterling Fred Sterling See fewer	Master Shakespeare, Strolling Player (1916)
George S. Trimble Mr. Gordon - Grace's Father Mr. Gordon - Grace's Father See fewer	Michael Strogoff (1914)