A Face from the Past (1913)
When Edward Pendleton drove through the little village of Rosedale, in the late nineties, he passed a girl of extraordinary beauty, with whom he promptly fell in love. Instead of passing through Rosedale, as he had at first intended, he stopped at the little inn there, formed an acquaintance with the girl, Margaret Brown, won her love, married her and took her away to the city. John Forbes, a very young farmer, had worshiped Margaret with all the intensity of a boy's devotion. When Pendleton took her away, Forbes received the greatest hurt of his life. Bitterly angry, he swore to be revenged on the man who had taken away the only girl he could ever possibly care for, and devoted the remainder of his life to the accomplishment of his vindictive purpose. Sixteen years later, John Forbes had risen from a mere farmhand to the position of one of the most powerful financiers in the great city. He had never lost sight of his hatred for Pendleton during all these years, and finally, after months of cautious planning, he was able to sweep Pendleton's fortune entirely away from him by one decisive stroke. Pendleton, ruined and desperate, called on Forbes and implored him to be lenient. Forbes refused curtly and Pendleton, buying an interest in a western mining claim with the few hundreds that were left, went west with his fifteen-year-old daughter. Two years later, Forbes, making a tour of inspection of his railroad property, was held up by track repairs, left the train and fell down the side of a canyon. Margaret Pendleton, riding down the bottom of the canyon, came upon the mysteriously injured man and carried him back to her home. Forbes, wounded and delirious, thought the girl was his old love. Margaret Brown, and surprised her by calling her "Margaret." The meeting between Pendleton and the man who had ruined him was fraught with some emotion. But Forbes was helpless and Pendleton could do nothing else but care for him. Forbes recovering, was newly struck by the remarkable resemblance between Margaret and her mother. He became ashamed of the part he bad played and promised Pendleton to restore the fortune he had wrested from him. When he was entirely well he fulfilled his promise. Forbes was still, to all intents a young man, and Margaret a peculiarly beautiful girl. We leave them with a full assurance that the romance, so unfortunately shattered years before, is now at length to he happily continued.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Walter Edwin | Director |
| Frank Blighton | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Augustus Phillips | |
| Mary Fuller | |
| Frank McGlynn Sr. | |
| Richard Neill |
