The Island of Perversity (1913)
Stella Dale has two lovers, Harry Brigham, an artist, is her favorite and the other, a fellow called Smith is the choice of her father. Whenever Mr. Dale finds Stella and the artist alone he tries to break up the party. On one occasion when he turns up with Smith and finds the girl posing for Harry, he sends her away with Smith and intimates to the artist that Smith is his choice. Once he intercepts a letter of Harry's and finds it is to make an engagement for a boating party. He gets Smith and they plan that instead Harry and Stella the governess shall go. Smith, a poor oarsman, catches a crab and after drying for some time they get stranded on an island with no means of getting back. The governess, despite Smith's protests, takes the whiskey bottle and putting a message in it, throws it out to sea. Later the bottle is found by Harry, and, catching sight of the empty boat, he gets a rescue party together. In the meantime, the castaways have rigged up a tent of the steamer rugs and are without provisions, but a few clams which Stella gets and which Smith cannot eat. Smith on the whole makes himself rather disagreeable and Stella is wishing someone would come and rescue them. Smith and the governess become very friendly and poor Stella is left almost entirely out in the cold. She is almost in despair when she sees a speck on the sea. She watches it very closely and to her delight it comes nearer and as it does, takes the form of a rowboat. Soon she recognizes her father and then Harry. At last they have arrived within balling distance and in a few moments their keel grounds on the sand. The father jumps out and is rejoiced to see his daughter safe and sound, then to his amazement Smith explains that the attraction for him is in the direction of the governess, Harry and Mr. Dale come to an understanding and with Stella in his arms, the artist is firmly convinced that "All's well that ends well."
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Ashley Miller | Director |
| Alice A. Methley | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Bessie Learn | |
| Edwin Clarke | |
| William Bechtel | |
| William Wadsworth |
