The Master Mechanic (1910)
The master mechanic has been entrusted with the perfecting of a new machine on which the proprietor of the factory bases great hopes for the future, for it will revolutionize certain lines of business and make him a millionaire. The machine has not yet reached the stage where it is ready for patent and no caveat has been filed lest a hint reach business rivals. The machine is developed in the special shop where the workmen are to be trusted and the proprietor's daughter takes a great interest in the progress of the work. Soon her interest is greater in the young mechanic than in the machine, and the superintendent surprises them, so intent upon their love making that they have not heard his footsteps. He has planned to marry the daughter and so succeed to the business, and he looks with little favor upon the mechanic who dares aspire to be his rival. Business enemies of the firm have approached him with a proposition that he sell them the plans of the new invention, and now, partly through greed but more in the hope of discrediting his rival, he steals the plans and sends them to the other concern. The mechanic is taxed with the deed and not even his genuine surprise at their loss is believed. In the presence of the other employees and the girl he loves he is driven from the shop to start life over again with the act of treachery standing against him. He is unable to obtain employment and things look dark when the girl's visit to the bank accidentally reveals the true culprit. The superintendent is just ahead of her in the line at the paying teller's window, though he does not see her. He is getting cashed the check that is the final payment on his bribe and he drops the short note which accompanied the check. He does not perceive the loss, but as the girl turns from the window she sees the fragment of paper and picks it up. Hurrying to the home of the mechanic, she tells him the good news and together they seek the factory office, where the letter tells its own tale and the tables are turned against the superintendent. Approval of their engagement is the father's apology and all ends happily.
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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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| Howard M. Mitchell | |
| Harry Myers |
