A Romance of the Ice Fields (1912)
Dan Wilson, working on the Kennebec River, is very much in love with his landlady's daughter, Jess. The feeling is reciprocated, which causes Alec, the foreman of the job, also in love with Jess, to become jealous and he tries his best to make life miserable for Dan by abusing his authority as foreman. One day a poorly clothed tramp applies for work and is put to loading ice under Dan's direction. The cold, however, is too severe and while stopping to warm up he is reprimanded by the foreman, and is about to be discharged, when Dan removes his coat and gloves and gives them to the tramp. This action so angers Alec that be flings the garments to the ground. Dan forces him to pick them up again and hand them to the half-frozen wretch. This incident only serves to increase the ill feeling existing between the men. Later in the day while Dan is cutting ice, bordering the open channel of the river, Alec sees his opportunity to avenge himself and, stealing up behind him, pries loose the cake of ice upon which Dan is working and sets him adrift in the river. Jess, driving back from town, hears his cries for help and, urging her horse forward, gives the alarm to the rest of the men who at once rush to Dan's rescue. The current has caught the ice-cake by this time and is rapidly carrying it toward the falls, half a mile down the river. The men hurrying down the river bank try to get a line to Dan as he swings around the bend above the falls, but to their dismay the line falls short and Dan floats rapidly on toward the falls. Here the men manage to stretch a line across the breast of the falls and Dan, drifting down to sure destruction, manages to grasp the rope and work his way ashore. Here he explains that it was Alec who set him adrift and the men, bent on giving him a coat of tar and feathers, start out in search of him. Finally locating him, they are about to carry out their design, when the sheriff, having heard of their intentions takes him in charge. Not much the worse for his experience, Dan is quite strong enough to propose to Jess, who doesn't hesitate to say "yes."
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Oscar Apfel | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| George Lessey | |
| Miriam Nesbitt | |
| Guy Hedlund | |
| Harold M. Shaw |
