Desperate Desmond at the Cannon's Mouth (1912)
Claude Eclaire becomes a scout and Rosamond a Red Cross nurse. Desperate Desmond, assisted by ten wild men, springs a trap. Claude places Hector, a dog, in a drum and pushes it down the hill to the barracks. The troops arrive just in time and Desmond surrenders. On learning of his chief's capture, Gomgotz starts in pursuit of the scouts. After a sharp skirmish, Gomgotz realizes the superior fighting strength of the enemy and resorts to foul means. Attaching a telephone apparatus to a kite, he sends it in the direction of the soldiers. Claude and Rosamond, busy with the kite, fail to notice the telephone, of which Desmond makes good use telling Gomgotz that the troops are without ammunition. The wild men, therefore, make an energetic attack, put the soldiers to flight, save Desmond and capture the lovers. Claude is buried up to his neck in a hole and left there to perish with a house placed over his head. The lone house lures some bandits, who convert it into a deposit vault. In counting their gold a coin drops and disappears through a crack in the door. They look for it and, Claude is unearthed. After telling his story, the good-hearted robbers give him a ride and, thus armed, Claude goes in search of his beloved. He finds her tied to a tree, and, while Desmond hobnobs with Gomgotz, Claude releases Rosamond and both dash away. Desmond quickly gives chase, but in the jungle, Brutto, the big gorilla, decides to aid the lovers by striking the villain on the "coco" with a cocoanut. Desmond takes the count, and Claude has no trouble in making him prisoner. At the barracks, the cigarette-smoking fiend is tied to the cannon's mouth preparatory to getting a blowing finish. Just as the order to "fire" is given, the lovers embrace. Curses on the luck!
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Tom Ricketts | Director |
| Harry Hershfield | Writer |
| David Horsley | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| William Ehfe | |
| Eugenie Forde |
