Caught by the Camera (1910)
Howard West, a young dental graduate, settles in a Western town. Being a camera enthusiast he soon makes the acquaintance of Nina Sanford, daughter of a rich rancher, and her chum, Dolores Mendez. Whose brother is employed on Sanford's ranch. Both girls arc active picture makers and the trio make many trips into the surrounding country for the purpose of making snap-shots. West falls in love with Nina, who reciprocates his affection, and Dolores, as well, has given her heart to the good-looking dentist though she conceals her passion, knowing West's love for Nina. Mendez also loves Nina and is discharged from Sanford's employ for kissing her as he lifts her from her horse. West gets a new camera with an extension exposure tube that permits him to become one of the members of the group he is taking. He takes the camera out to the ranch to show the girls. Mendez poisons Stanford's mind against West and the ranchman bursts upon the group as West is about to expose a plate. Ordering the girls to the house, he charges West with betraying Nina's affections. West denies the charge with heat and in his anger leaves the ranch forgetting his camera and his riding whip. The charge is so monstrous that he cannot face Nina in explanation but rides off without speaking. Meantime Mendez secures a double revenge by striking down the ranchman with West's loaded quirt. As the blow is struck he steps upon the exposure bulb of the camera and unwittingly records his crime. For the moment fate seems to be in his favor for the quirt, in connection with the facts of West's departure, seems sufficient evidence and West is apprehended and lodged in jail. Dolores has rescue the camera and is curious to see what the plate shows. She goes into her dark room and presently the damning evidence of her brother's crime flashes upon the surface of the plate. Should she shield her brother, the man she loves must die for his crime, but she cannot denounce her own flesh and blood. She compromises with her conscience by first warning her brother and then riding to the District Attorney to submit her evidence. The legal forms are quickly complied with and West is free to marry Nina, and Dolores in her unselfish love finds comfort in the thought that she has saved her hero even while she knew that he would wed another.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
