The Editor (1912)
An election has just been held for district commissioner, and George Mason is the successful candidate. His sweetheart, Alice Fisher, congratulates him next day on his victory, and tells him he can do great and lasting good for the community in the way of bringing about reforms. He tells her that no matter what his inclinations may be he can do nothing to offend his supporters. His attitude in this respect brings about an estrangement between himself and his sweetheart. Later, we see him granting a favor to one of the most notorious gamblers in the city, and he does so under stress of circumstances, and is thoroughly disgusted with himself in consequence. A month later the father of Alice Fisher purchases the leading newspaper of the city, and the dive-keeper, the friend of Mason, has become a stench in the nostrils of all law-abiding citizens. A woman whose husband has been fleeced in his dive, calls at the office of the sheriff and asks him to close the place, but the sheriff is bribed, and nothing comes of the appeal. Then a minister takes a hand to bring about reform, and he is rebuffed. The paper owned by the father of Alice takes up the cudgel, and the methods of the gambler are shown up in scathing terms. He decides to call down the editor, and when he arrives at the office he is met by the charming young woman, Alice Fisher, who tells him she is the editor and responsible for the utterances of the paper, and he retires, crestfallen, but vindictive. The fair editress is in the fight to a finish, and the bluffer's place is stormed by indignant women, who oust him, bag and baggage. Then the political cohorts appeal to the district commissioner to down the editor, and the commissioner takes his orders and sends for the editor, only to be surprised and filled with consternation when he discovers that the editor is his quandom sweetheart, Alice Fisher. He is importuned by the crooked politicians to use every means in his power in their behalf and he is confronted with a dilemma. There stands his sweetheart and all that is uplifting and ennobling on one hand, and the dive-keeper and brothel-house proprietor on the other, and in the balance hangs his own fate, for good or evil. The pure love of a sweet woman redeems him, and he severs his connection with the undesirable element. Of course, he marries the girl, and is thus rewarded.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
