Dolly Varden (1913)
Dolly, a born coquette, is the daughter of Gabriel Varden, a prosperous locksmith. She scoffs at the devotion of Joe Willets, and flouts and rebuffs him in favor of other less worthy men. The day after he rescues Dolly from Hugh, a drunken hostler, Joe Willets takes courage and proposes to Dolly. For the benefit of Simon, her father's assistant, Dolly cruelly plays with Joe's feelings, finally refusing him flatly. Broken-hearted, Joe enlists in the royal army and goes to the wars. On his return, five years later, he has gained distinction on account of his heroic conduct and has lost his left arm in the service of his country. The Lord George Gordon riots are in full progress in London. Simon, a power among the rioters, delivers Gabriel Varden over to his companions. They drag the old man to Newgate Prison, to persuade him to make a key to open the gate. Finding him obdurate, their entreaties and promises give place to curses and threats, and finally to blows. Joe Willets, in the costume of a rioter, recognizes his old friend and by a harangue liberates him from the mob. Joe and Varden return to discover that Dolly has been abducted. Simon and Hugh, the hostler, have taken advantage of her father's absence to seize the girl and carry her off to a rendezvous of the rioters. Mrs. Varden discovers this rendezvous from a scrap of paper dropped on the floor by Hugh, and Joe Willets and Varden set off to the rescue. They arrive with the police just in time to save Dolly from Simon. Chastened by her terrible experience, Dolly comes into a full realization of what Joe's great love for her is really worth. And so, despite his fears that his lost arm will make his case more hopeless than ever, she accepts him, and everything ends happily.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Richard Ridgely | Director |
| Charles Brabin | Writer |
| Charles Dickens | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Mabel Trunnelle | |
| Willis Secord | |
| Robert Brower | |
| Barry O'Moore |
