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Honor Thy Country
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Ben F. Wilson (Ben Wilson)
Cast: Edward Cecil [Dick Sterritt], Neva Gerber [Betty Thomas], Joseph W. Girard [Count Del Vaine], Charles Perley [Lieutenant Scott], Rhea Haines [Florita], Robert Emmons (Bob Emmons) [Boyd Thomas]
The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Gold Seal]. / Scenario by Alice von Saxmar, from a screen story by Willis Woods (F. McGrew Willis). / Released 14 November 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Dick Sterrett is the commander-in-chief of the forces of Count Del Vaine in a little South American republic. Lieutenant Scott is an American naval officer on leave who has been amusing himself with Florita, the niece of the ruler. Dick tells Scott that it is dangerous to trifle with the honor of the girl, but Scott scoffs at the idea. Boyd Thomas, a wealthy American, arrives with his daughter, Betty. The girl despises Dick, as he sells his services for gold, and likes Scott. There follows a romance between the two as Betty thinks that she loves the man. When Florita tells her uncle that her honor demands that she marry Scott, the Count is furious. He asks an explanation of Scott and when the other refuses to make good the wrong that he has done, the Count swears revenge. One day Thomas gets drunk and insults some natives. As a result he is put in prison. Betty is much worried when her father does not return and tells Scott of her fears. He decides that he can get her father out and goes to the Count to demand an explanation. The result is that the Count lets Thomas go, but imprisons Scott. He has the American officer put in the torture room and whipped. While this is going on Dick comes in and the Count in glee shows him the torture that is going on in a room below. It so angers Dick to think that an American citizen should be treated this way that he makes the Count sign Scott’s release at the point of a gun. He also has word sent to have him hold the boat so that he can make his escape, and gives him a note to give to Betty saying what he has done. Dick is captured and Scott forgets to give the note to Betty until the boat is about to sail. She is indignant at the thought that they are going away and leaving our hero to his fate. She goes to an American warship that is lying in the harbor, and with the aid of the men that they furnish goes to rescue Dick from the torture that they are putting him through. At last she realizes that it is Dick whom she loves.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 November 2022.
References: Edmonds-BigU p. 87 : Website-IMDb.
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