War and the Widow (1911)
Marion Harmer is a beautiful widow whose sympathies are with the south, where she is residing when was breaks out. Her cousin, Walter Percival, an officer in the Confederate army, seeks her heart, but she holds him aloof because her affections are already placed in the keeping of Dave Millen, a gallant major in the service of Uncle Sam. Yet, she likes her cousin, and the more so that he is fighting for the cause she loves so well. The fair widow is living just between the lines of the two armies, and so it comes about that both her lovers are paying her court at the same time. Her Union sweetheart learning that he has a rival decides to capture him, first warning the widow to "keep out of war." Percival, the Confederate sweetheart, is one day dining at the widow's, when Major Millen, the Federal under the table and the Major "set-to" to enjoy a hearty meal. At its conclusion the capture of Percival is both thrilling and amusing. The widow, thoroughly riled, rushed to the Confederate camp and acquaints them of the predicament of their officer, so it is not long before the tables are turned on the gallant Major, and he is himself a prisoner in the hands of his rival. But the widow, not wanting affairs to shape up thusly, immediately sets to work to undo them again, and to this and she makes her way to the Confederate camp and assists daringly in her lover's escape. Then comes a spirited chase by the Confederate cavalry and a dashing assault and rescue by a body of Federals. Then comes the widow's capitulation of heart and hand to her Federal sweetheart in recognition of his indomitable courage and dashing charge on the citadel of her affections.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
