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Patterson of the News (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy, Romance

Patterson of the News (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy, Romance

In a slumming party doing the Tenderloin are Bertie Ralston and his fiancée, Phyllis Brennon. Their car stops at Stanfield's gambling house and the party enter the place. At the Tenderloin station a platoon of police is told off and they ...See moreIn a slumming party doing the Tenderloin are Bertie Ralston and his fiancée, Phyllis Brennon. Their car stops at Stanfield's gambling house and the party enter the place. At the Tenderloin station a platoon of police is told off and they pile into the patrol wagon. Jack Patterson, a reporter, accompanies them. The wagon stops in front of Stanfield's. The slumming party is panic-stricken. Jack leads a squad of men into the luxuriously-furnished rooms. As the policemen rush by him with drawn nightsticks he encounters Phyllis. His knowledge of the world tells him that she is no ordinary habitue of the Tenderloin. She thinks he is a detective. He shows her his badge and assists her to escape. Phyllis thanks him and he hands her his card. She tells him that she must be nameless for the sake of her family, and they make an appointment to meet later. Phyllis keeps this appointment and others. Jack asks for her hand in marriage. The proposal of marriage upsets her. She is the daughter of a wealthy family, and to please her father she has allowed him to pledge her to another. She tells Jack that they cannot meet again. That night in the editorial rooms the editor and reporters are stirred by the news that Daniel Brennon, the head of the Union National Bank, has lost a million in the wheat pit. The scene shifts to the office of Brennon at the bank. Brennon goes to the vaults, removes some securities, places them in a valise and makes ready to go. Jack starts to go home from the editorial room. He passes the Union National Bank building, sees a light burning in the offices and his suspicions are aroused when he sees President Brennon come out with a valise and walk away. Jack tells the city editor of his discovery and the latter authorizes him to go ahead. "If Brennon is really crooked it will be the biggest story of the year," he says. That night Jack is admitted to Brennon's mansion. Brennon is apparently ready for a journey. There are valises in the hallway. "I am a federal bank examiner," Jack says, "I have not yet made my report. Perhaps you can make some explanation before I do." Jack intimates that he can be squared for a "consideration" and says, "You know, Mr. Brennon, what we found." Brennon collapses, then he draws out his wallet. Jack throws his card on the table. Brennon recognizes the name of the shrewd reporter. Jack demands the contents of the valise Brennon carried away from the bank. Brennon shows fight. Jack draws his pistol and Brennon takes out the contents of his wallet. They are the securities of an estate of which the bank is a trustee. Jack declares that it is his duty to remove from society a man who endangers the funds of small depositors. Brennon pleads, but Jack is firm. Suddenly his eyes are fixed on a photograph of Phyllis on Brennon's desk. A curtain is drawn aside and on the threshold stands Phyllis dressed for a journey. She has overheard part of the conversation. She demands an explanation. Jack hands Brennon back the securities and Brennon abjectly seizes them. Then Jack bids him promise to make good before exposure comes. "If not for your own sake," he adds, "then for her." Phyllis understands. To her questioning look her father bows his head in shame. She recognizes the worth of the man with whom she has played. Jack waves aside her protestations. "It's all in my line of work," he says. The father leaves for the bank after thanking Patterson. Phyllis bids Jack good night. "I trust," she says, "that I will have the pleasure of seeing you again, Mr. Patterson, seeing you often." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
King Baggot Jack Patterson Jack Patterson See fewer	Jim Webb, Senator (1914)
Howard Crampton Daniel Brennon Daniel Brennon See fewer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Edna Hunter Phyllis Brennon Phyllis Brennon See fewer	The Unchastened Woman (1918)
Joseph Dailey Bertie Ralston (as Joe Daily) Bertie Ralston (as Joe Daily) See fewer	Romeo and Juliet (II) (1916)
A.H. Busby City Editor (as Bertram Busby) City Editor (as Bertram Busby) See fewer	The River of Romance (1916)