Hunger Knows No Law (1914)
Desperately poor, with a family dependent upon him, Jim Brown becomes despondent. While walking through a private estate, he meets Madge, a young girl, and gains her everlasting gratitude by releasing her dog from a game-trap. Madge later meets Brown's three children and learns of their poverty. Brown has become desperate and decides to disregard the game laws. Despite his wife's protests, he takes his gun and plunges into the goods. He brings down several birds, and the report of his gun is heard by a nearby game warden and the estate's young owner Dick Vernon, who is in love with Madge. Brown, hearing them coming, dashes through the bushes and suddenly comes face-to-face with Madge. She determines to save him and quickly transfers the birds from his pouch to the empty basket she is carrying. Vernon and the gamekeeper rush up and accuse Brown. He denies it, and Madge shields him. Vernon is puzzled, and, believing Brown guilty, searches his bag. Finding nothing, he angrily accuses Madge of protecting the man. Madge walks haughtily away and later hides the birds under some bushes. She hears Vernon coming and quickly straightens up. greeting him very coldly. Vernon's dog smells the game and hauls out one of the birds. His suspicions now confirmed, he accuses Madge of protecting a criminal and believes she is infatuated with the man. One day Vernon follows her to the Brown cottage and learns the motive for her actions. Madge will not speak to him. but he begs forgiveness so humbly that she cannot resist his entreaties, and gives his long-sought answer.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Ulysses Davis | Director |
| Alice A. Methley | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Gayne Whitman | |
| Jane Novak | |
| George Stanley | |
| Karl Formes |
