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0.0James Rallston, facing financial hardship, marries a wealthy invalid widow with a daughter, Jean, and plots to control her fortune. He orchestrates her confinement in a sanitarium by drugging her and falsely claiming she is insane, with the help of a conniving doctor and sanitarium keeper. Fifteen years later, Rallston has lost Jean's fortune through speculation and seeks help from John Bigelow to recover it, offering Jean as a reward. Bigelow, suspicious of Rallston, discovers the truth about the widow and Jean's father, and rescues the widow from the sanitarium.
Released: 1915-08-2350 minDir: Harley KnolesDrama
Cast
- Nat C. Goodwin as John Bigelow
- Theodore Babcock as James Rallston
- Julia Stuart as Mrs. Rallston
- Florence Malone as Jean Rallston
- Clarissa Selwynne as Dr. Lane
- Katherine Lee as Dot
Themes
- partially lost film
- dawson city find
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Harley Knoles
- Screenwriter
- Harley Knoles
- Cast member
- Madge Evans
- Cinematographer
- Arthur Edeson
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- publication date
- 1915-01-01
- title
- The Master Hand
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- World Film Company
- copyright status
- public domain
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