Lost in Mid-Ocean (1914)
At the Embassy Ball, Leona, daughter of Mr. Bryce, meets Tagisha, a wealthy Japanese. He becomes infatuated with her, but she refuses his advances. Mr. Bryce dies from grief and worry over financial troubles and Tagisha employs a spy to follow Leona, who, left destitute, becomes a model for Richard Manley, an artist. Later, she marries the artist and they go on their honeymoon to Japan, visiting Richard's friend, Harold Marsden, Consul to Tokio. Tagisha, after an unsuccessful attempt to stab Richard, follows them to Japan. As they are about to return to America on the steamer "Americus." /1 Tagisha, by a clever ruse, succeeds in kidnapping Leona. Her husband does not miss Leona, supposing her to be in their stateroom. Leona, although carefully guarded by Tagisha's spy, finally attracts the attention of a Japanese boy, throws him a Japanese coat given her by Harold, with a note appealing to whoever finds it, to direct the boy to the steamer "Americus." The boy arrives after the steamer has sailed. Harold sees him with the coat, reads the note, and after a terrific struggle with Tagisha, who is killed, he succeeds in rescuing Leona. Leona sails on the following day aboard "The Mikado," Harold sending Richard, on the "Americus," a wireless to that effect. "The Mikado" strikes an iceberg and is wrecked with a loss of many lives. "The Americus'' receives a wireless call for help from the sinking steamer and goes to the rescue. Richard knowing Leona is on that steamer, is nearly frantic. "The Americus" arrives in time to rescue some of the "Mikado's" passengers. Leona is missing and her husband is grief-stricken. Holding to a piece of wreckage, she is picked up by a Japanese fisherman and brought back to Japan, where she notifies Harold of her safety. He sends word to Richard, but he has left his old haunts, believing Leona dead. Leona returns to America, but cannot locate her husband. He has become a recluse. After six years he comes back and sees in the paper an account of a strange woman risking her life to save a picture painted by him. He decides to visit the hospital where she has been taken and there Leona and he meet, face to face. After the first shock and their recognition, they are soon clasped in each other's embrace.
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GenresShort
Thriller
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Ulysses Davis | Director |
| Clarence G. Badger | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Gayne Whitman | |
| Maurine Rasmussen |
