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The Signal of Distress

Dec 9, 1912 · 12m
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Drama
Thriller

PLOT

Dolly Dillard jumps at the conclusion that George Gordon is playing her false, as he affectionately greets his sister at the train when she comes to pay him a visit. Dolly, who is not acquainted with his sister, sends back her engagement ring. Sad and disconsolate, she saunters to the cliffs overlooking the seashore, trying to forget her imagined wrong. As she is climbing down the side of the rocky prominence, her foot slips and she falls into a narrow crevice. She finds herself helpless with a sprained ankle. Remembering George's returned match-case, she tears a piece of cloth from her skirt; writes with a burnt match a note, telling of her accident. She ties it around her shoe and throws it over the cliff to her collie dog Jean, who carries the missive to George, who at once, after summoning aid, goes to her rescue, accompanied by his sister.

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CAST

Florence Turner
Dolly Dillard
Tom Powers
George Gordon
James Morrison
The Stranger
Edith Halleran
May - George's Sister
Jean the Dog
Jean, a Dog
Directed by Laurence Trimble

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Vitagraph Company of America
Country
US

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