The Ambassador's Daughter (1913)
1913 · Silent film · 14 min · dir. Charles Brabin
- Short
- Drama
Synopsis
Richard Farnsworth, an attaché at the U.S. Embassy in London, is in love with Helen, the ambassador's daughter, and we see her at the embassy ball refuse his proposal of marriage. The next day, while the ambassador is at work in his office, a letter containing an important document is received. This he slips under the blotting pad on his desk and goes out with Helen. A clerk in the embassy. Charles Dumont, who is really a spy in the hire of a foreign power, has seen the ambassador hide the document, and during the latter's absence avails himself of the opportunity to steal it, but hearing somebody coming, he slips it into a vase and returns to his office unseen. Meantime, Farnsworth, entering the ambassador's office, finds on the floor a glove which Helen has dropped. He acts rather foolish over it, kisses it and is just putting it in his pocket, close to his heart, when the ambassador returns with Helen. The ambassador goes to his desk and discovers that the document is gone. He questions Crompton and Dumont, but to no avail, and finally turning to Farnsworth, asks him what he had placed in his pocket. He becomes foolishly embarrassed, but refuses to tell, and Helen, divining he has her glove, throws her father off the scent by suggesting that he make a thorough search before accusing anyone. This they proceed to do and Dumont, taking advantage of the opportunity, takes the document from its hiding place and hurries from the room. Helen becomes suspicious of him and follows…
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Charles Brabin
- Studio
- Edison Studios
- Released
- 1913-01-21
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
Charles Brabin Director
Miriam Nesbitt
George Lessey
Robert Brower
Marc MacDermott
Bigelow Cooper
Charles Ogle
Mary Fuller
