Betty's Dream Hero (1915)
Betty is the daughter of a Southern planter and her self-imposed daily task is the distribution among her father's slaves of necessities and food. Betty is known and loved by all the mammies and pickaninnies on the plantation, and one day while she is distributing her dainties an old mammy gives her a queer chain and tells her that if she will rub it three times, she will see her future husband. Feeling is pretty high in the South over the slave question and one day Bob, a young Southern lawyer, while talking to a crowd, tells them that because of his love for the South he must fight against it. This angers his hearers and a fight ensues. Bob is overcome by numbers and takes refuge in flight. He finds safety in a hedge nearby where Betty lives and his pursuers fail to find him. It is spring in the south and Betty, like all young girls, is full of thoughts of love and romanticism. She finds pleasure in solitude and while she is dreaming of her hero, she suddenly looks up and finds herself facing Bob. Both of them realize they have met their ideal. War is declared and there is a pall of sadness over the women of the south, for they know that they are taking their last look at many of the laughing faces of friends and loved ones. Bob, in accordance with his convictions, goes to the north and joins the Federal forces. In the gloaming Ella is seated with her mother and father. The darkies with their ebullient spirits are singing the songs dear to the hearts of all southerners. Lulled by the crooning songs, she falls into a doze. A vision of Bob appears to her in the flames. She sees him in danger and stretches out her arms to him. Her hand is scorched by the flames and she wakens screaming. Meanwhile the war is on with all its horrors. Bob, in the uniform of a Confederate, is chased by Confederates and is about to be captured, when he takes refuge in Betty's room. She has just been dreaming of him, when she wakens and finds him standing at her bed. She realizes that if he is captured he will be shot as a spy. Accordingly she hides him in her closet. The searchers take her word that he is not there and leave. Betty makes Bob promise that he will never again play the part of a spy and, overcome by their mutual love, they plight their troth. Bob promises to return to her when the war is over.
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GenresDrama
Romance
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert Z. Leonard | Director |
| George Ade | Writer |
| DeWitt Cochrane | Writer |
| Calder Johnstone | Writer |
| Carl Laemmle | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Robert Z. Leonard | |
| Ella Hall | |
| Abe Mundon | |
| Harry Carter |
