On the Brink (1914)
Tom Harris and his wife, Laura, have just lost a baby daughter. She is weary of life and nags Tom until it ends in a quarrel. At this juncture some of Tom's cowboys come to the house to make him a present of a handsome new sombrero. They bring with them, to make the presentation speech, Karl Reed, a young eastern lawyer, who has opened practice in the nearby village. Karl has met and admired Laura, the woman being flattered by his interest, and she tells Karl how tired she is of the life on the ranch. The next day. Tom's brother, Bob, comes into the house, hangs his hat on a peg and sits down to dinner. Tom is trying to placate the still offended Laura, but the wife slips out from under his arm and goes to the bedroom. Tom unconsciously takes Bob's hat and goes out to the ranch. Bob finds his hat missing. In his great hurry, he seizes Tom's new sombrero and rushes for the village. Karl, in his office, sees Tom's new sombrero passing his street window, the face of the wearer not being visible. Karl jumps to the conclusion that Tom is in town, and seizes the opportunity to go to talk with Laura. At the house, Laura is fearful that Tom is around, but Karl assures her that he is in town. As they sit with their backs to the window, Karl urging Laura to go east with him, Tom is passing one of the windows. He halts, unseen, and hears Karl's proposition. Tom's first impulse is to kill the man, then he controls himself and returns his revolver to the holster. Laura finally agrees to go away with Karl. Meanwhile Tom climbs in the window. He lays his revolver on the table and on top of it places a newspaper. Then he hurries to the bedroom, takes a tissue wrapped package from the dresser drawer and drops it into an empty suitcase on the floor. Tom then hides again. The wife goes to the bedroom and starts to pack the suitcase. She finds the package and unwrapping it reveals a pair of baby shoes. Returning to the main room, she starts to write a farewell note. Her eyes fall on the newspaper. There is a story of a woman who tried to shoot herself, a woman who had left her husband to run away with another man. She lifts the newspaper, and there is the revolver underneath. It brings her to herself and terrified, she calls for Tom. The husband hurries in and Laura throws herself into his arms.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Lee Shumway | |
| Velma Whitman | |
| Tom Forman | |
| Ray Gallagher |
