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The Accusing Pen
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Paul Powell and Shannon Fife
Cast: Dolly Larkin [Miss Frost], Webster Campbell [John Howe], John Ebarts [Howe’s Mexican foreman], William E. Parsons [Nathan Frost, the ranch owner], William Sweeney
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. From a screen story by Will M. Ritchey. / Released 16 April 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? John Howe, young owner of a small ranch, is in love with Betty Frost, daughter of Nathan Frost, owner of the adjoining ranch. Frost, however, does not favor a two-by-four-rancher and drives Howe away from Betty at the point of his revolver. A few minutes later, Frost finds Howe’s young Mexican foreman throwing dice with the former’s cowboys. Frost kicks the Mexican out of the yard. Both Howe and the Mexican register their rage and mortification. Returning to his office, Frost is shot through a window. He writes a note before he dies. A hand thrust through the shutter tears part of the note from the death grip of Frost’s fingers. The sheriff later pries the remaining piece of paper from Frost’s fingers. It reads: “I was shot by John Howe.” Howe is found at his house, cleaning his revolver, and is arrested. The sheriff, threatened by Frost’s angry cowboys, takes refuge with his prisoner in the dead man’s house. The cowboys break into the house. Then Betty, sobbing on the ground beneath the window through which Frost was shot, finds the other piece of Frost’s note, torn, and crumpled. The full note exonerates Howe, and the real culprit is pursued and shot by the sheriff and the cowboys.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 December 2024.
References: Braff-Short n. 58 : Website-IMDb.
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