The Wrong Label (1915)
Mary Grey, a young working girl, is in love with Chip Malone, a young fellow, who, while not bad at heart, has, through evil associates, learned to shirk work and spend in drink what money he is able to obtain. Discouraged by her failure to reform him and hopeless when Mary loses her position, she can see no way out of her troubles but suicide. An item in a newspaper to the effect that a man has swallowed bichloride of mercury, and is awaiting the slow death which that poison brings, suggests to her the means to carry out her plan. She goes to a drug store, asks for the same poison and takes the box to her room, where she swallows the contents. Meanwhile in the room next to Mary's another tragedy is about to be enacted. Rorie Graves is the son of the district attorney of the city, a boy weak in the face of temptation, who has sunk lower and lower until he has become the member of a gang of thugs, which is being prosecuted by his own father. When the gang decide to do away with the district attorney and the lot falls to Rorie to carry out the crime he realizes the error of his ways and shrinks from the gang, who proceed to deal with the traitor. Mary hears the struggle, and, only conscious of the fact that someone is in danger, hurries into the presence of the gang and denounces them. Rorie grasps the opportunity to escape and when Mary returns to her room she finds him hiding there. He tells his story to Mary and she decides to save him. Together they hasten out to go to Rorie's father. On the way there they learn that Rorie's father has been shot by a member of the gang. This upsets Rorie so that he enters a saloon with Mary to brace himself with a drink. There a moment later detectives, who recognize Rorie as a member of the gang, arrest them, but as they lead their prisoners out Chip, who happened to witness the arrest, stands them off with his gun and Mary and Rorie escape to Mary's room. There Chip, who has also made a getaway, joins them. Leaving Rorie in her room, Mary hastens to the district attorney's residence and fetches Rorie's mother, who is overjoyed to clasp her wayward boy in her arms again. Meanwhile, the detectives have located the building where Rorie is hiding, but Mary, by a clever ruse, decoys them to the gang's room instead, and the thugs, as well as Mary, are handcuffed and led off to the police station. There Mary awaits the approach of death. When Chip arrives with the doctor, who has examined the box which Mary believed would be her death, he brings the news that the contents of the box was harmless and that the wrong label was used. Surrounded by the laughing policemen, Chip, who has also learned his lesson, pledges his love for Mary anew.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Clem Easton | Director |
| Raymond L. Schrock | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Jane Gail | |
| Allen Holubar | |
| William Welsh | |
| Curtis Benton |
