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As the Bells Rang Out!
(1910) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 457 feet
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Cast: George O. Nicholls (George Nichols) [Gilbert Allen], Stephanie Longfellow [Grace Allen, Gilbert’s daughter], Charles West [Wilson Breen, the daughter’s fiancé], Grace Henderson [Mrs. Allen], Dorothy West [the maid of honor], Edward Dillon [the best man], Verner Clarges [the preacher], William J. Butler [the court officer], Charles Craig [a creditor], Mack Sennett [a policeman], J.T. Dillon (John T. Dillon) [a butler], Alfred Paget [a butler], William C. Robinson [a butler], Gladys Egan [a wedding guest], Joseph Graybill [a wedding guest], Henry Lehrman [a wedding guest], Gertrude Robinson [a wedding guest], George Siegmann [a wedding guest], [?] Charles Craig?, [?] Adele de Garde?, [?] Dell Henderson?, [?] Arthur V. Johnson?, [?] Vivian Prescott?
Biograph Company production; distributed by Biograph Company. / Scenario by Stanner E.V. Taylor. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 23 July 1910 by Biograph Company [J143501]. Released 21 July 1910; in a split-reel with Serious Sixteen (1910). / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / The production was shot on 18 June 1910.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Grace, the daughter of Gilbert Allen, is sought in marriage by Wilson Breen, a young man of wealth. The father cheerfully approves of the match and the day for the wedding is set for six months hence. The momentous day arrives and all is in readiness. The bride to be has just left her father for her room, after his reviewing of her attired in her trousseau, when he receives a letter warning him that his connection with an illegitimate trust fund deal has been discovered, and advising him to fly. It is an affair in the like of which many a reputable banker has before been involved; simply an idiosyncrasy of the money market. To fly, besides it might mean the death of his daughter on such a day as this. Well, he makes a clean breast of it to his son-in-law to be, and gives him a chance to back out. That young man, grasping his hand, exclaims: “No, I will not give her up. We need each other now more than ever. We must keep her in ignorance of it.” At this point the detectives arrive to take Allen away, but being humane allow the ceremony to take place with them hiding behind a screen. Allen gives his daughter in marriage to Breen and bestows the parental blessing as the happy couple leaves for their honeymoon, and before the sound of the wedding bells has died out he is led off to prison by the detectives.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Arrests - Law: Enforcement: Policemen - Weddings
Listing updated: 13 January 2025.
References: Barry-Griffith p. 42; Niver-Early p. 15; Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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