Thorns of Success (1912)
Robert Vale, a young chemist, is working on a high explosive in his laboratory, when his wife brings him a letter from his uncle, who offers to finance Robert if the tests of the explosive are satisfactory. Later Robert makes the tests and his uncle gives him a large check. Robert and his wife and child are installed in nice apartments in Washington, where he is trying to sell the invention to the government. He is about to succeed when he meets an adventuress in the pay of the Japanese government. This fascinating woman tries to lure Robert and make him sell his explosive to the Japanese. On account of this woman be becomes estranged from his family, but an army officer intervenes and gets his wife to appeal to Robert's better nature. So as the sale to Japan is about to be consummated, the wife interferes and succeeds in getting her husband to give the result of his work to his own government, to the discomfiture of the Japanese and the adventuress.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Robert Goodman | Director |
| Robert Goodman | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Herbert Prior | |
| Mabel Trunnelle | |
| Jack Brammall | |
| Edgena De Lespine |
