The Confessional (1911)
The aristocratic parents were opposed to the obscure clergyman, and only reluctantly assented to his attentions towards their daughter. On a certain day, in their beautiful suburban village, a daring robbery was attempted and one of the culprits took refuge in the rectory, the clergyman's home. In chasing the robbers, the girl's father found a robber's mask on the steps of the rectory but could not gain entrance thereto. His suspicions were aroused, and finding that the old gentleman, whose home was entered, had been wounded, he got the vestry together, he called on the clergyman for an explanation of the "mask mystery," or the latter's resignation. During the controversy, his eyes lighted on a revolver with one chamber discharged. Slipping away, he sought the wounded man's home, and borrowing the bullet, which had been extracted from his wound, he found that it filled the revolver. He now confronted the young clergyman with this double proof of knowledge of the affair. The latter refused to utter a word, saying his lips were sealed by "the seal of the confessional." The young girl now demanded a clean breast of it or to cancel their engagement. His only answer was that under the seal he was protecting "a brother." He didn't tell her that it was her brother whose confession he had heard and who was now on his way west, to grow up a better man. After the break, the clergyman, upheld by his Bishop, went to a western mission. The boy, in the meantime, had become a ranch foreman, and was soon to marry the daughter of the ranch owner, whose life he had saved from bandits. The happy sequel was to find fruition in this marriage, to which the young man's parents and sisters had been invited. All are now present. The priest arrived to officiate, but the father and daughter pointed the finger of scorn at him. But the bridegroom stepped forward and exonerated him, at the same time confessing his part in the affair. Father and daughter now appeal to the priest for pardon. The daughter would throw herself into his arms, but it is too late. He had taken the vow of celibacy. His bride was the Church. He then tied the knot for the happy couple.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
