The Maid of the Rocks (1912)
Laid in a little seacoast village, the story is woven around the love of two men, one a smuggler, the other a Coast Guard, for the daughter of a fisherman. The girl favors the smuggler and his promise to give up smuggling wins her consent to marry him. The flesh is weak, however, and the smuggler listens to the call of his former comrades and agrees to accompany them on a smuggling expedition. This, he asserts, is to be his last trip. But the Coast Guards have got wind of their plans and catch them red-handed. In the ensuing fight the girl's lover wounds his rival, ,the Coast Guard, and is taken into custody. The Guard, realizing the power of his situation, sees his chance of winning the girl. She has pleaded with him to release her smuggler sweetheart. He agrees on one condition, that she marry him. To save her lover the girl agrees. Afterwards, realizing that the girl can never love him, and seeing the suffering he is causing her by the promise he has extracted, the Guard begs her forgiveness, releases her from the promise and reunites the lovers.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
