Fate's Midnight Hour (1914)

A terrific flash of lightning awakens Mrs. Durand. The woman flees into the library. There she discovers her husband dead on the floor. Maria Milton, revolver in hand, stands over him. Maria tells of how Durand, after inducing her seventeen-year-old sister Malissa, to elope, had cast the girl aside. Malissa returned home a year later to die. The blow killed their mother. Thirsting for revenge, Maria set out to hunt Durand down. "But God would not let me commit murder; Durand was struck by lightning before I could shoot." A moment later, Maria disappears into the storm.

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Summary Details
GenresDrama Short
FilmmakersRole
Kenean Buel Director
Frederick Eugene Lindsey Writer
CastRole
Alice Joyce
Maria Milton
Marguerite Courtot
Malissa Milton - Maria's Sister
Mary Ross
Mrs. Milton - the Mother
Tom Moore
Durand - the Scoundrel