Right for Right's Sake (1913)
District Attorney Stanton is in serious danger of defeat in the impending election unless something happens to change the tide of public opinion. When things look blackest, his political manager, Boss O'Grady, discovers bribery in the ranks of the opposition. Stanton devotes all his energies to the prosecution of the supposedly guilty Morton, who has been picked out as a scapegoat for his party. On the last day of the trial, evidence is placed in Stanton's hands absolutely proving Morton's innocence. Urged by ambition and the entreaties, of Boss O'Grady, Stanton suppresses this evidence. Nora, Morton's daughter, appeals to Stanton's wife, who is sympathetic but unmoved, until she accidentally stumbles on the suppressed evidence. Immediately she realizes that the whole fabric of her life's love has been shattered. The man she honored and respected has become degraded in her eyes, and when husband and wife confront each other with the truth, he tries to win back her respect and honor by paying Morton's fine out of his own pocket. But how little he realizes that this makes no difference in the eyes of the woman who loves him. A great gulf looms between them. He tries to explain to her that it is only a part of the great political game, but it is something finer and bigger than that that stands between husband and wife. The next morning they part, she to wait until the man she loves understands that respect is part of a true woman's love. Not until some time later do they meet again: the husband has made complete restitution and once again Alice stretches out her arms to the man she loves.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| J. Searle Dawley | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Ben F. Wilson | |
| Laura Sawyer | |
| Dick La Reno | |
| C. Palmer |
