The Vanishing of Olive (1914)
Olive is at a reception at which Madame Forresti presents her protégé, Olive Arden. She plays a difficult Roumanian air, and one of the guests makes an uncomplimentary remark about her, which she hears. Later, the guest congratulates Olive upon her playing. Olive refuses to shake her hand, whereat Madame Forresti is offended. Olive apologizes for her conduct, and determines to leave as she feels that she is only a savage, and can never be civilized and should return to her wild home. The monkey hears someone at the door and swings upon the knob. Olive opens the door quickly, and Boggs, the butler, falls on his face. She picks him up and beats him thoroughly, throwing him out of the room. He goes below stairs, meets his confederate, Drew Martin, and they plan to get rid of the girl who stands in the way of Drew's inheritance, because if Vance should marry Olive, he would lose the fortune. He engages a notorious Chinaman, keeper of an opium den, to dispose of the girl. She is abducted and taken into an opium joint, in the dungeon below, where victims of the opium are sleeping. She is stricken with terror at the creatures she encounters. The Chinaman's daughter, whom he loves dearly, is attracted to the monkey and takes it from Olive. It escapes from her down the fire-escape to the street. Vance finds the monkey, and with it as a clue, notifies the detective bureau. The Chinaman, finding his place is surrounded by the police, comes below stairs to do away with Olive. In the meantime Yit Sing, sorry for Olive's loss, creeps into Olive's bunk to sympathize with her and puts her arms about Olive. The Chinaman steals up to Olive's bunk, and thrusts his dirk through the curtain. His little daughter's body falls at his feet. Olive leaps out of the bunk, up the stairs, and into the arms of her rescuers, while the Chinaman is looked after by the police.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Richard Ridgely | Director |
| Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Mabel Trunnelle | |
| Edward Earle | |
| Bigelow Cooper | |
| T. Tamamoto |
