William Welsh can't get an actor for a key role in his current production, so he dismisses the cast. When he goes home, there stands William Shay, a writer with a sick wife, who has a play of his owns that he wants produced. Is Shay's work good enough? and is Shay himself?
George Loane Tucker, the director of this three-reel drama, is best remembered for directing TRAFFIC IN SOULS. This is an experiment in movies of longer length. It is heavily padded and melodramatically weighted, but there are some fine moments in the acting, like the fight over the burning manuscript. Although this piece has not aged well, it was a fine, rip-roaring meller for 1913 and a good introduction to the stronger meat that the movie audiences of the day craved.
It you wish to take a look at it for yourself, a good copy is available on the Eye Institute site on Youtube.
George Loane Tucker, the director of this three-reel drama, is best remembered for directing TRAFFIC IN SOULS. This is an experiment in movies of longer length. It is heavily padded and melodramatically weighted, but there are some fine moments in the acting, like the fight over the burning manuscript. Although this piece has not aged well, it was a fine, rip-roaring meller for 1913 and a good introduction to the stronger meat that the movie audiences of the day craved.
It you wish to take a look at it for yourself, a good copy is available on the Eye Institute site on Youtube.