The Friendship of Lamond (1915)
William Hardy, a steadfast and reliable man, but without the theatrical attributes which appeal to some women more strongly than solid virtues, is the husband of Elsie, a girl of most romantic disposition and shallow mind. Hardy's best friend is Victor Lamond. Lamond comes to visit his friend at his Virginia plantation home, and soon discovers that Hardy's honor and happiness are in grave danger, Elsie having become infatuated with Harold Maxim. Lamond determines to save his friend from the pain and humiliation which the logical development of such an affair would bring upon him, but at the same time realizes that under no circumstances must Hardy be allowed to suspect his wife's folly. An appeal to Elsie is worse than fruitless, and Lamond is forced to adopt the precarious plan of posing as Maxim's rival. Maxim realizes that he must act quickly, and induces Elsie to agree to an elopement. This elopement is frustrated by Lamond in the guise of a jealous rival, and Elsie turns from Maxim in disgust. So well does Lamond play his part, however, that Elsie becomes more infatuated with him than she had been with Maxim. Lamond discovered that the basis of Elsie's folly is her romantic admiration for what she regards as picturesque heroic actions, and physical courage, and determines to take advantage of this trait to turn her regard from himself to her husband, even at the sacrifice of Hardy's friendship and the risk of his own life. Lamond knows that under Hardy's undemonstrative manner there is unlimited courage and a fierce sense of personal honor. Seizing an occasion when Elsie is present, Lamond grossly insults Hardy at the card table. As he expected, Hardy is filled with a cold and deadly rage, and eagerly assents to Lamond's suggestion that they settle the matter as gentlemen, with a pair of dueling pistols taken from the wall. Acting the part he has chosen, Lamond, seemingly with cowardly and murderous intent, fires while Hardy's back is turned, and then, as though realizing that he is at the mercy of the man he has attempted to assassinate, cringes with fear and begs for mercy. Hardy's anger changes to utter contempt, and he allows Lamond to go. Lamond steals away as though in mortal terror, and out of his friend's life forever. As he had calculated, however, the girl turns to her husband with all the admiration and love of which her shallow nature is capable, and the husband never knows how closely shame and misery hovered over his house. Lamond goes his way, responding to the call of the Minister of War of Venezuela to take a commission as colonel of the Foreign Legion in an impending war.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Emmett C. Hall | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Earl Metcalfe | |
| Ormi Hawley | |
| Herbert Fortier | |
| Kempton Greene |
