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A Foothill Problem
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Hector V. Sarno [the man], Mary Malatesta [the woman], C.E. Griffin (Carlton Griffin) [the prospector], Ivan Christy [the brother]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 27 March 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Motion Picture World]? Unable longer to stand her brother’s brutality, the girl runs away with a stranger. He, too, proves to be a brute, and at the first opportunity she deserts him, on the trail, where he camps for the night. Wandering, she reaches a lone prospector’s cabin and is given shelter after telling her story. The man is a sharp contrast to the others; she clings to him when, in the morning, the stranger discovers where she is, and later when her brother also finds her. Daunted by the prospector, the stranger departs and meets the girl’s brother, whom he tricks into believing that the prospector is the guilty man. At the cabin the brother leans the true state of affairs, and goes after the blackguard. A desperate running fight between them culminates in the death of both, and the girl is free.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 10 April 1915, page ?] In place of the usual triangle, a new turn has been given to this one-reel drama by bringing in a fourth character, the brother of the heroine, who obligingly puts an end to the lady’s brutal lover. An average good western drama. Mary Malatesta, Hector V. Sarno and C. E. Griffin are in the cast.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 November 2022.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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