The read
It runs a compact 50m.
Synopsis
Elderly millionaire James Rance, whose only passion is chess, warns his grandson Tommy, who missed the previous evening's game because he played poker with his uncle Gilbert, that should he miss another game, Gilbert will gain the boy's inheritance. During another poker game the next night, Gilbert provokes a fight between Tommy and another player that results in the other player's supposed death. Meanwhile, Terrence Redmond, the guardian of an orphan he found while fighting in France, falls in love with Dawn Moyer.
Ratings
TMDB8/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Garfield ThompsonWriter
- Charles MillerDirector
Cast
- Herbert RawlinsonTerrence Redmond
- Charles A. StevensonPatrick Moyer (as Charles Stevenson)
- Stuart HolmesGilbert Rance
- Warren CookJames Rance (as Warren Cooke)
- Regina QuinnAsta
- Ernest TorrenceAbner (as Ernest Torrance)
- Florence BillingsDawn Moyer
- Vinton FreedleyTommy Rance (as Vinton Friedley)
Themes
lost film