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The Americano
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Lawrence Peyton [Boyd Norton], Raymond B. Wells (Raymond Wells) [Tonio], Carl Formes Jr. (Karl Formes) [the innkeeper], Thomas Jefferson [Robert Hammond], Marguerite Loveridge (Marguerite Marsh) [Elaine], Kate Toncray [the innkeeper’s wife], [?] Levey Marsh?
Reliance Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Released 17 July 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Robert Hammond is the manager of the Mexican branch of the Manhattan Oil Company, in Tionana, Mexico, where he lives with his daughter, Elaine. He discharges from the oil works a worthless Mexican named Tonio. Shortly before a new superintendent, in the person of Boyd Norton, is sent from New York to take charge of the oil wells, under the direction of Hammond. Norton meets Hammond’s daughter, Elaine. They are mutually attracted and ultimately engaged to be married. Norton is suddenly recalled to New York, and during his absence a group of bandit soldiers, under the leadership of the discharged Tonio make a raid upon Tionana, in the course of which Hammond is slain and Elaine is kidnapped by the bandits. She manages to escape, however, and takes refuge in an old inn, which is conducted by an ancient couple whom Elaine had formerly befriended. Norton reads of the outrage in Tionana and decides to enlist as a scout in the army of General Ferranda, the Constitutional leader. Norton proves to be very expert in his work and attains to a position of trust. The bandit soldiers are gradually reduced in numbers, and their ammunition is nearly gone when Gen. Ferranda learns that a pack train of arms and ammunition is to be sent to them, and that a bandit officer named Captain Arato is to meet an emissary from the bandit chief in the inn where Elaine happens to be, with a map showing the direction this pact train is to take. General Ferranda realizes that if he can secure that map, he can capture the train, and so put an end to the rebellion. Norton is selected for this dangerous mission. He goes to the inn, disguised as a monk, and unexpectedly meets Elaine, who immediately offers to help him secure the coveted map. The messenger arrives at the inn and proves to be none other than Tonio, the murderer of Elaine’s father. Later Capt. Arato arrives with the map, and by a clever ruse it is made to appear that Norton is the messenger who is to receive the map, and Tonio the American spy. Norton escapes with the map and Elaine, and gets safely back to his own lines, while Tonio meets a just retribution in being stood against a wall and shot.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 8 May 2020.
References: Website-IMDb.
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