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The Law of Duty
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Francis Powers
Cast: Joseph Singleton [General von Lomberg], Frank Bennett, Edwin Harley, Charles Mack (Charles W. Mack), Maxfield Stanley, Daisy Robinson (Daisy Jefferson), Miss Aamold (Mathaleen Aamold)
Reliance Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / From a screen story by Francis Powers. / Released 7 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? General Von Lomberg, a veteran of the Franco-Prussian war, receives a message from the Emperor permitting the General’s son, Lieutenant Von Lomberg, freedom to continue his studies in foreign lands. The General has selected as a special tutor Professor Du Bray, a French scientist of international reputation, living in the north of France. Perhaps a sentimental reason enters into this decision, for Madame Du Bray was an old sweetheart of the General’s. A line in the Emperor’s message commands Lieut. Von Lomberg to stop at the palace on his way to France. At this interview we do not tell our audience what takes place between the Emperor and the Lieutenant, but shortly after Lieut. Von Lomberg arrives at the Du Bray’s and is established as a student in that household, where he falls in love with the daughter, Valerie, and at the outbreak of the present war joins the French army as an aviator. General Von Lomberg, hearing of this, disowns his son. After a time, fate brings General Von Lomberg as a conqueror to the north of France, where Du Bray’s home is commandeered as the General’s headquarters. His son, the Lieutenant, is captured and brought before him. The climax is so unusual that it is best left untold until it is unfolded on the screen.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 August 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
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