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The Captain's Captain Synopsis
Louise Grayling escapes from a straight-laced aunt on a plea that she wants to visit her uncle, Captain Abe, on Cape Cod. Abe is henpecked by his housekeeper and rather looked down upon by the villagers who haunt his store. To give himself a fictitious glory he invents a fictitious brother, Amzon, who is a composite of all the pirates from Blackbeard to the food profiteers. Louise penetrates the deception and induced Abe to go away and come back as the fictitious brother. She has the time of her life keeping the placid Abe up to the reputation of his fire-eating brother, but all would have gone well had not some shipwrecked East Indians imagined that they recognized him as the desecrator of their Temple. Between them and the town people, who get the idea that Abe has been murdered by Amzon, Louise has her hands full, but Abe is transformed into his proper self, and a supposed fisherman who turns out to be a young millionaire rescues her from the mob and all ends happily after all. - Moving Picture World.
The Pursuing Shadow Synopsis
At a dance given by Earl Dexter, his wife, for the gratification of a whim, wears a beautiful pearl necklace recently purchased by Viscount Acheson. Craig Dare, who is a gentleman thief, makes love to Earl Dexter's wife, and at the same time succeeds in stealing from her the pearl necklace and handing it out of the window of the house to Tony Oscaros, a chauffeur, who is none other than Dexter, who is leading a dual life. The party ends in confusion at the announcement of the loss of the necklace. Craig Dare learns that Viscount Acheson, who carries with him a considerable sum of money, is going to be at an inn (owned by Dexter's father) in the neighborhood. Dare goes with Acheson to the inn and allows him to fall into the hands of Tony Oscaros and his gang. Shortly before this happened, Earl Dexter comes to the inn to see his father, who, however, is absent at the time. Dexter's father returns to his inn in time to find the murdered Acheson, and see Tony Oscaros dashing out of the house. By a peculiar coincidence, Oscaros looks so much like Earl Dexter that even his father is deceived by the resemblance. Later, Earl Dexter is accused and convicted of the murder of Acheson. At the last moment. Tony Oscaros' little boy recognizes the fact that Dexter is not his father, and so gives the clue to the guilt of Tony Oscaros. The police follow up the clue and after finally encounter and capture Tony Oscaros.
"The Captain's Captain" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Pursuing Shadow" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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The Captain's Captain