Message of the Mind (1914)
Dr. Rolla, an Italian revolutionist, misappropriates legacy funds belonging to his wards, Arthur Rice and his sister, Rosa. Fearing exposure, Rolla plots with Riccardo, an unsuccessful wooer of Rosa, and his companion, Petroff, to put Arthur in an asylum. As they are about to carry Arthur off from his room a fight results, Rosa meanwhile singing in another room of the house. A blind young man, Harry French, wanders into the hallway. Rosa hears the noise of the affray, sees her brother stabbed to death by Riccardo, and loses her memory. The conspirators hide; Harry wanders into the room and falls over the body of Arthur. The conspirators take Harry away and leave him in a deserted place. Harry, being blind, is unable to know where the tragedy happened. Two years later he regains his sight, sees the beautiful Rosa on the street, falls in love with her without knowing who she is, and seeks to wed her. Rolla, Riccardo and Petroff, to get Rosa out of the way, induce Harry to marry Rosa, which he does, only to discover his wife's mind is weak. One evening Harry plays the tune Rosa sang the night her brother was slain. It restores her memory. She and Harry go to the house of the tragedy; she sees a vision of the slaying as it happened two years before, screams and falls unconscious. Riccardo and the other conspirators are captured as revolutionists in Milan, and are shot by the soldiers. Rosa's mind and qualities as a woman of culture are, through Harry's tender nursing, fully restored to her, and he shows his joy over having become the possessor of a wife who is as accomplished as she is beautiful and lovable.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| E.D. Horkheimer | Producer |
| H.M. Horkheimer | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Jack Bryce | |
| Lucille Young |
