The Wheat and the Tares (1914)
In a game of cards, Stillwell, a young Southerner, incurs the hatred of Collins, an unscrupulous scoundrel. Seeing a chance for a double revenge, Collins goes to LaVinge, father of Edith, with whom Stillwell is in love, and demands payment of an old gambling debt. The old man has not the money, and Collins, by threats and cajolery, induces him to agree to give him his daughter in marriage, thereby canceling his indebtedness. Edith, although disliking Collins, consents to marry him for her father's sake. Later, Stillwell is accused of killing old LaVinge, and Collins, on the witness stand, testifies he saw Stillwell strike the fatal blow. Stillwell is found guilty and sentenced. Now that her father is gone, Edith pays up his debt by turning the plantation over to Collins and refusing absolutely to marry him. While in prison Stillwell, receiving letters from home, gets the idea of writing the Uncle Eben series of stories, which become very popular. Black Bart, a road agent, the man responsible for old LaVinge's death, is hounded by the law. He finds protection in Edith's home temporarily, and learns from her Stillwell is serving sentence for a crime which he committed. Bart leaves his hiding place, is seen and fatally shot by the officers. Dying, he confesses to the killing of old LaVinge. Stillwell is at once freed, and in disguise returns to his old haunts, where he plays a game of cards with Collins, and wins the plantation back from him. He then reveals his identity and has Collins arrested for perjury. Stillwell and Edith are married and live quietly on the beautiful old Southern plantation over which there had been so much contention.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Theodore Marston | Director |
| Marguerite Bertsch | Writer |
| J.R. Burkey | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| James Morrison | |
| Dorothy Kelly | |
| Lillian Burns | |
| George Cooper |
