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Love Will Conquer
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by E.A. Frazee (Edwin Frazee)
Cast: Mack Swain [the quiet worker], Fred Mace [the pride of the neighborhood], Harry Gribbon [the entertainer], Polly Moran [the entertainer’s partner], Joseph Swickard (Josef Swickard) [the illustrious patron], Billie Brockwell [the faded vampire], Harry McCoy [the piano player], May Emory, Hugh Fay, Dale Fuller, Billy Gilbert, William Hauber, Earle Rodney
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. / Released 30 January 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? While Harry Gribbon and Polly Moran, a pair of entertainers, are providing amusement for a café full of people, Joseph Swickard strolls in with Billie Brockwell on his arm, Billie is a sort of vampire and she has cast a spell on Swickard, who buys champagne for his charmer. Fred Mace is a fighter held in high regard for his prowess in the neighborhood. He gets into a quarrel with Billie, as he resents her attachment to the prosperous appearing Swickard. This ends with Swickard challenging Mace to a duel. So confident is Swickard that he orders a coffin of an undertaker over the ’phone. They have a rattling fight. Some of Mace’s accomplices stab him by mistake and he runs to the café with Swickard in pursuit. The fighters chase around the place till they see that Mack Swain has quietly won the hand of Billie Brockwell. The pair of lovers go out to the accompaniment of the strain, “Love Will Conquer.”
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 October 2022.
References: Lahue-Kops p. 156 : Website-IMDb.
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