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Her Own Blood
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Burton King
Cast: Adele Lane [Jane], Harry Linkey [Tom], Edward Sloman [Jim]
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Big U]. / Scenario by Edward Sloman. / Released 20 June 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Universal release number 0592. The film was marketed in the USA with one-sheet and three-sheet posters. The film was released in Canada on 27 June 1915.
Drama: Northwoods.
Synopsis: [The Universal Weekly, Volume VI, Number 24, 12 June 1915, page 23] Jane and her brother live in the north woods. Jim, a ne’er-do-well, is in love with Jane and she reciprocates his affections. Jane’s brother, Tom, is a member of the Northwestern Mounted Police and, while on furlough, notes the growing change in Jane. One day he surprises her while in Jim’s arms. / Tom recognizes Jim as a card shark and drunkard and warns his sister of the man. Jane, loverlike, refuses to believe any ill of her sweetheart. Tom goes back to his patrol and one day receives a summons to arrest a murderer. Jim has engaged in a card game, is caught cheating, and kills his accuser. He escapes and goes to the girl’s home. / While he is trying to get her to help him get away, her brother Tom comes on the scene. He tells Jane of the man’s record and she tells him she knows it and that he must help Jim escape. Tom thinks of his oath and refuses. He an Jim engage in a fight. Jane gets Tom’s gun and is going to hold him while Jim escapes. The murderer gets a knife and is about to attack Jim [Tom] when the call of her blood rises within Jane and she shoots her former lover, this saving the life of her own blood brother.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 January 2010.
References: UnivWeekly-19150612 pp. 23, 34.
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