The Winner and the Spoils (1912)
Gaspard, Count de Castany, in the French army, has gambled away all obtainable money. He goes to his sister, Marie, and asks for aid. She refuses and while imploring her brother to keep away from his fast friends, one of them, the young Marquis de Fornay, is announced. Marie receives him distantly, and after their departure, Marie calls her maid, and they follow them. At the door of the club the Marquis comes down as she draws near to get the number. He recognizes her and offers to escort her home. She repulses him, and hurries away with her maid. The Marquis re-enters the club, joins the table where Gaspard is playing, refuses his I.O.U.'s, and so he is forced from the game. The next day Gaspard again begs Marie for money and she refuses. He then takes the family jewels and leaves. Marie thinks of a plan to circumvent him. She calls her maid, Nichette, and sends her to Gaspard's valet, of whom she demands one of Gaspard's best suits. She dresses her mistress and together they start out, making Jean accompany them. Marie enters the club and calls for Gaspard. He introduces her as his friend, the Count de Thirs. The Marquis recognizes her at once, but says nothing. The playing is resumed. Gaspard plays more recklessly than ever and finally stakes the family jewels. The Marquis plays hard to win and finally succeeds. As the jewels are handed to him, Marie denounces him as a thief and a card shark. The friends of the Marquis insist that he challenge her at once. Marie is horror-stricken and her brother insists upon fighting for his young friend. The Marquis will not listen to this and insists upon fighting with the count. He says, "to the winner shall belong the spoils," and draws up a paper to this effect. Marie is terribly frightened. But when the word is given she nerves herself and plunges again and again at the Marquis, finally wounding him. His second hands Marie the jewels. The next day Gaspard asks for them again. As she refuses the Marquis is announced. He says Gaspard can never have the jewels again and points to the "not transferable" clause in the contract. The Marquis has brought orders sending Gaspard out to join a regiment in Algeria. The Marquis then offers Marie the balance of the "spoils" himself, and the estates of the de Fornays.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Oscar Apfel | Director |
| Marion Brooks | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Herbert Prior | |
| Mabel Trunnelle | |
| Roy Prosser | |
| Ben Lodge |
