The Toll of the Sea (1915)
Captain Nelson, in the employ of John Mendon, owner of a ship company, is in love with Virginia Mendon. John Randall, a secret service officer in the employ of the Board of Marine Underwriters, is also in love with Virginia. Captain Nelson, in command of the sailing vessel "Aggie Norde," is about to leave San Francisco for a European port, but before leaving, determines to state his affection to Virginia and is overwhelmed when he alights from his taxicab to see Virginia kissing Randall good-bye. Nelson waits until Randall leaves, then seeks Virginia and tells her of his love. She tells him she is engaged to Randall. He pleads with her for an engagement that evening, but she tells him that she has a supper engagement at Captain Robinson's home. Nelson, depressed, leaves, and to quiet his unsteady nerves, tries to drown his troubles in drink. Two sailors of his crew meet him in the saloon and Nelson tells them of his trouble. One sailor suggests that he capture Virginia and take her aboard the ship, where she will belong to him and him only. Although a good man, Nelson, in a fit of anger and passion, decides to have Virginia kidnapped and assigns the two sailors to the task. She is kidnapped on her way home from Captain Robinson's, and taken aboard the sailing vessel. The following morning her father discovers her absence and is heartbroken. Randall, in the meantime, has been put on the trail of a gang of salvage pirates and is busy on the case while Virginia is suffering the agonies and tortures of the damned. The first mate of the sailing vessel, who has always been a loyal friend of Mr. Mendon, discovers that Virginia is aboard and declares mutiny aboard ship. With a gang of men he tries to save her from the clutches of the captain. A contraband cargo for European disposal is ignited during the battle which ensues between the captain and the mate's crew and the ship is blown to atoms. Virginia is the only one aboard the ship whose life has been spared, and the salvage pirates, seeing the ship wrecked, determine to get whatever gear and equipment can be saved. Arriving at the burning vessel, they find Virginia almost drowned. A battle between the two salvage crews takes place on the high seas, and another battle between the winning crew and the secret service boat, make the story intensely interesting and highly sensational. Virginia, who has been taken ashore to the salvage pirate's camp, is later discovered by Randall, who has finally found the men he is looking for. The men are brought to justice and Virginia is returned to her home, where she again declares her love for the secret service officer.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Henry MacRae | Director |
| Henry MacRae | Writer |
| Donald Meaney | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Marie Walcamp | |
| William Canfield | |
| Sherman Bainbridge | |
| Wellington A. Playter |
