The Derelict

The Derelict

1917 en 50 minutes

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Plot

Loutish Teddy Brant feeling trapped by his marriage and family commitments to the sweet Rose and their infant daughter Helen fakes his suicide and embarks on a dissolute life. Thinking herself free Rose remarries, and time passes contently. Years later, Teddy, now a hopeless derelict, wanders the country straying one night into the waiting room of a train station. He sees a young girl being accosted by an elderly gentleman who tries to entice her home. Teddy thinks nothing of the incident until he finds a purse lying on the seat and learns that the girl is his daughter Helen. Teddy hastens after them and in the ensuing fight, strangles Helen's assailant and then flees. Helen is arrested for the murder but is acquitted when Teddy staggers into the police station and confesses to the crime.

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Cast

Stuart Holmes

Stuart Holmes

Teddy Brant

Wanda Hawley

Wanda Hawley

Helen

Vinnie Burns

Vinnie Burns

Claire

Dan Mason

Dan Mason

Walt Collins

Carl Eckstrom

Carl Eckstrom

Victor

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Rose Hare

Olive Trevor

Olive Trevor

Olga Hare

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